Curious to a fault
The crossword clue "Curious to a fault" is answered by NOSY, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
NOSY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOSY answer page.
Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 9 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.
- MEDDLESOME (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for NOSY
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOSY, most used first.
- Prying - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
- Inquisitive - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Prone to prying - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Overly curious - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Meddlesome - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Too inquisitive - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
- Snoopy - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Overly inquisitive - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Like a busybody - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Like a yenta - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Intrusive - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Like a buttinsky - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Too curious - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Apt to pry - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Like a snoop - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Prone to snooping - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Apt to snoop - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Like a quidnunc - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
- Prone to pry - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Fond of snooping - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Unduly interested - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Asking too many questions - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Given to eavesdropping - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Minding everyone else's business - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Find fault - CARP, used 39 times
- Faucet fault - DRIP, used 24 times
- Fastidious to a fault - ANAL, used 10 times
- Husband-and-wife creators of Curious George - REYS, used 7 times
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