Less rude

The answer

NICER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NICER answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1999. 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.

• POLITER (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for NICER

Every other clue in this collection answered by NICER, most used first.

• More pleasant - used 145 times, most recently in 2026
• More agreeable - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• More kind - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• More polite - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• More upscale - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• More pleasing - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• More congenial - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Not so nasty - used 12 times, most recently in 2008
• More amiable - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• More friendly - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Comparatively friendly - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• More cordial - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Not as nasty - used 7 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Less common - RARER, used 151 times
• Less friendly - ICIER, used 86 times
• Less risky - SAFER, used 75 times
• Less cordial - ICIER, used 71 times
• More or less - ABOUT, used 62 times
• Less than 90 degrees - ACUTE, used 49 times

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