Malicious
The crossword clue "Malicious" is answered by CATTY, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CATTY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CATTY answer page.
Used 19 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 6 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.
- WANTON (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for CATTY
Every other clue in this collection answered by CATTY, most used first.
- Spiteful - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Slyly spiteful - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Slyly malicious - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Feline - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Subtly spiteful - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Malicious burning - ARSON, used 18 times
- Malicious - NASTY, used 10 times
- Malicious feeling - SPITE, used 8 times
- Malicious looks - LEERS, used 8 times
- Malicious ill will - SPITE, used 7 times
- Make malicious remarks - SNIPE, used 6 times
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