Very mean
The crossword clue "Very mean" is answered by CRUEL, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CRUEL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRUEL answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for CRUEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by CRUEL, most used first.
- Merciless - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Heartless - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Unusual partner? - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Mean - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Sadistic - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Barbaric - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Inhumane - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Ruthless - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Hard-hearted - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Pitiless - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Vicious - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Draconian - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Very pale - ASHEN, used 69 times
- Very small - TEENY, used 68 times
- Very angry - IRATE, used 64 times
- Mean-spirited - NASTY, used 59 times
- Make very happy - ELATE, used 56 times
- Very, in music - ASSAI, used 52 times
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