Bad luck.
The crossword clue "Bad luck." is answered by MISHAP, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1993. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MISHAP
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MISHAP answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 1993. It appears in 2 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.
- MISFORTUNE (2 uses in xd)
- HARDLINES (1 uses in xd)
- MISCHANCE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for MISHAP
Every other clue in this collection answered by MISHAP, most used first.
- Accident - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Unfortunate accident - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Bit of bad luck - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Little accident - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Unfortunate event - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Unfortunate occurrence - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Unlucky accident - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- "The Joy Luck Club" author - AMYTAN, used 41 times
- Good luck charm - AMULET, used 28 times
- Bad luck - HOODOO, used 25 times
- Bad-mouth - MALIGN, used 19 times
- Went bad - ROTTED, used 18 times
- Bad smell - STENCH, used 17 times
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