Least friendly
The crossword clue "Least friendly" is answered by ICIEST, a 6-letter entry. Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ICIEST
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ICIEST answer page.
Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 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.
- COLDEST (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for ICIEST
Every other clue in this collection answered by ICIEST, most used first.
- Least cordial - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Most frigid - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Most frosty - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Least welcoming - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Most distant - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Most unfriendly - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Least hospitable - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Most aloof - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Most chilling? - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Least risky - SAFEST, used 63 times
- Least common - RAREST, used 45 times
- Least wild - TAMEST, used 31 times
- Least feral - TAMEST, used 30 times
- Least - MEREST, used 28 times
- Friendly - GENIAL, used 22 times
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