Bad start?
The crossword clue "Bad start?" is answered by MAL, a 3-letter entry. Used 38 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
MAL
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MAL answer page.
Used 38 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for MAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by MAL, most used first.
- ___ de mer - used 213 times, most recently in 2026
- Bad: Prefix - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ de mer (seasickness) - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
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- Turn bad - ROT, used 71 times
- Ab ___ (from the start) - OVO, used 63 times
- Feel bad - AIL, used 56 times
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