Sinister
The crossword clue "Sinister" is answered by BAD, a 3-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BAD
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BAD answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- EVILMINDED (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for BAD
Every other clue in this collection answered by BAD, most used first.
- Naughty - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
- Rotten - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Misbehaving - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Abysmal - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Spoiled - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Wicked - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Evil - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Not good - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Awful - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- No longer edible - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Unfavorable - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- Defective - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- "The ___ News Bears" - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Lousy - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Like Leroy Brown - used 15 times, most recently in 2008
- Michael Jackson album - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- Terrible - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Disobedient - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Scolding word to a dog - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
- Michael Jackson hit - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Faulty. - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Good, in the 'hood - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Ill-behaved - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Severe - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Atrocious - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Poorly behaved - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Counterfeit - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Crummy - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Rotten to the core - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Villainous - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Harmful - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- It's not good - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Low-quality - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Quite inadequate - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Tainted - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Wager - BET, used 391 times
- Prohibit - BAN, used 331 times
- "Humbug!" - BAH, used 262 times
- ___-relief - BAS, used 259 times
- Dude - BRO, used 255 times
- Lingerie item - BRA, used 201 times
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