More ominous
The crossword clue "More ominous" is answered by DIRER, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1964. 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
DIRER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DIRER answer page.
Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1964. 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.
- DARKER (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for DIRER
Every other clue in this collection answered by DIRER, most used first.
- More dreadful - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- More urgent - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- More desperate - used 20 times, most recently in 2018
- More calamitous - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
- More terrible - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- More grim - 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.
- Once more - AGAIN, used 336 times
- More than enough - AMPLE, used 185 times
- More rational - SANER, used 155 times
- More pleasant - NICER, used 145 times
- One more time - AGAIN, used 115 times
- More reasonable - SANER, used 108 times
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