Ailing
The crossword clue "Ailing" is answered by ILL, a 3-letter entry. Used 99 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ILL
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ILL answer page.
Used 99 times across 34 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 18 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- SICK (35 uses in xd)
- UNWELL (9 uses in xd)
- UNDERTHEWEATHER (5 uses in xd)
- INFIRM (4 uses in xd)
- NOTWELL (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for ILL
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ILL, most used first.
- Under the weather - used 536 times, most recently in 2026
- Sick - used 171 times, most recently in 2026
- Unwell - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
- Suffering - used 112 times, most recently in 2026
- Not well - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- Out of sorts - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Anger - IRE, used 868 times
- Wrath - IRE, used 729 times
- Charged particle - ION, used 622 times
- ___ Jima - IWO, used 514 times
- Fury - IRE, used 505 times
- ___ de France - ILE, used 501 times
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