Treat badly
The crossword clue "Treat badly" is answered by ILLUSE, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ILLUSE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ILLUSE answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1957. 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.
- DOANUMBERON (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ILLUSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ILLUSE, most used first.
- Maltreat - used 22 times, most recently in 2016
- Mistreat - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Mistreatment - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Bakery treat - ECLAIR, used 25 times
- Treat badly - MISUSE, used 18 times
- Ice cream treat - SUNDAE, used 15 times
- Tex-Mex treat - TAMALE, used 15 times
- Frozen treat - ICEPOP, used 12 times
- Tex-Mex treat - FAJITA, used 11 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.