Not well
The crossword clue "Not well" is answered by ILL, a 3-letter entry. Used 100 times across 36 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 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 100 times across 36 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 22 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.
- BADLY (14 uses in xd)
- POORLY (8 uses in xd)
- SICK (7 uses in xd)
- ILLY (5 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
- Ailing - used 99 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.
- "Well, ___-di-dah!" - LAH, used 242 times
- Not 'neath - OER, used 186 times
- Not neg. - POS, used 99 times
- Well-put - APT, used 85 times
- Not just any - THE, used 83 times
- [Not my mistake] - SIC, used 83 times
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