Corrupt
The crossword clue "Corrupt" is answered by EVIL, a 4-letter entry. Used 24 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EVIL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EVIL answer page.
Used 24 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1943. 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.
- ROTTEN (11 uses in xd)
- DIRTY (9 uses in xd)
Other clues for EVIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by EVIL, most used first.
- Wicked - used 397 times, most recently in 2026
- Bad to the bone - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
- Satanic - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Diabolical - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- Villainous - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Malevolent - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Sinister - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Nefarious - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Satan's forte - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Wickedness - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
- Pernicious - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Dastardly - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Malefic - used 35 times, most recently in 2020
- Demonic - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Fiendish - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- It's not good - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Malicious - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Mean business - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Rotten to the core - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Good opponent - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Sinful - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Depraved - used 23 times, most recently in 2009
- Good fighter - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- The dark side - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Bad - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Otherwise - ELSE, used 1,353 times
- Give off - EMIT, used 874 times
- At any time - EVER, used 696 times
- Therefore - ERGO, used 684 times
- Gaelic - ERSE, used 679 times
- Raison d'___ - ETRE, used 658 times
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