Good or bad sign

The answer

OMEN

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OMEN answer page.

Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OMEN

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

• Portent - used 344 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign - used 196 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign of the future - used 174 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign of things to come - used 164 times, most recently in 2026
• Augury - used 143 times, most recently in 2022
• Foreboding sign - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
• Warning sign - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• Prophetic sign - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
• Harbinger - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Black cat, to some - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Presage - used 40 times, most recently in 2009
• Straw in the wind - used 40 times, most recently in 2020
• Foretoken - used 38 times, most recently in 2016
• Broken mirror, to some - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Troubling sign - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Foreshadowing - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Foreboding - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Handwriting on the wall - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Sign for the superstitious - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Writing on the wall - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Seer's sign - used 21 times, most recently in 2010
• Sign to heed - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• Black cat, maybe - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Doomsayer's sign - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Sign of what's to come - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• It's a sign - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Bad sign - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Portentous sign - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Eclipse, to some - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Spilled salt, to some - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Augur - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Dark clouds, perhaps - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Eerie sign - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Prognostic. - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
• Gathering clouds, to some - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Warning - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
• Dark clouds, to some - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Gathering clouds, say - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Preindication - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Rainbow, to some - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Telling sign - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Auspice - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Forewarning - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign from above - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Bodement - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Foreshadow - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Foreshadowing sign - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Good sign or bad sign - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Oracle's sign - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Predictive sign - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign to interpret - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Symbolic warning - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Classic 1976 horror movie, with "The" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Comet, to some - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Divine sign - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Eclipse, maybe - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Foreboding phenomenon - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• It might be a bad sign - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Premonition - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Serious sign - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Black cat, perhaps - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Dire sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Future indicator - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Portentous event - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Shooting star, to some - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Sign of trouble - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Sign of what's coming - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Sinister sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Goes bad - ROTS, used 226 times
• "My bad!" - OOPS, used 191 times
• "Too bad!" - ALAS, used 136 times
• ___ good example - SETA, used 133 times
• Sign of healing - SCAB, used 121 times
• Bad to the bone - EVIL, used 115 times

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