Not as nasty
The crossword clue "Not as nasty" is answered by NICER, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. 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
NICER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NICER answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; 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 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
- Less rude - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- More cordial - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Not quite right - AMISS, used 181 times
- Not a soul - NOONE, used 131 times
- Not together - APART, used 116 times
- Not moving - INERT, used 102 times
- Not as many - FEWER, used 69 times
- Not suitable - INAPT, used 65 times
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