Prefix meaning "bad"
The crossword clue "Prefix meaning "bad"" is answered by DYS, a 3-letter entry. Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DYS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DYS answer page.
Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 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.
- CAC (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DYS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DYS, most used first.
- Bad: Prefix - used 21 times, most recently in 2017
- Prefix with functional - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Start to function? - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Functional prefix - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Opposite of eu- - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Prefix with function - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Functional start? - used 7 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.
- Green prefix - ECO, used 431 times
- Go bad - ROT, used 373 times
- Numerical prefix - TRI, used 247 times
- Earth-friendly prefix - ECO, used 181 times
- Prefix with center - EPI, used 134 times
- Equal: Prefix - ISO, used 123 times
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