Ornery one
The crossword clue "Ornery one" is answered by CUSS, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CUSS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CUSS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 3 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 CUSS
Every other clue in this collection answered by CUSS, most used first.
- Swear - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Use foul language - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Ornery fellow - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Ornery sort - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Use profanity - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Talk a blue streak? - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Say "!@#$%" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- "Stubborn" guy - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "Ornery" guy - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Use bad words - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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