Hard to please
The crossword clue "Hard to please" is answered by PICKY, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PICKY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PICKY answer page.
Used 21 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 11 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.
- FINICKY (5 uses in xd)
- CHOOSY (3 uses in xd)
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.
- "We ___ please" - AIMTO, used 106 times
- Works hard - TOILS, used 80 times
- Hard work - LABOR, used 38 times
- Hard stuff - BOOZE, used 36 times
- Hard to climb - STEEP, used 36 times
- Hit hard - SMITE, used 35 times
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