It's not good

The answer

EVIL

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EVIL answer page.

Used 27 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 12 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.

• BAD (6 uses in xd)
• ILL (4 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

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.

• Not fooled by - ONTO, used 444 times
• Not as much - LESS, used 378 times
• If not - ELSE, used 199 times
• Not "fer" - AGIN, used 181 times
• Not pro - ANTI, used 172 times
• Not so much - LESS, used 171 times

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