Unsatisfactory
The crossword clue "Unsatisfactory" is answered by POOR, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1952. 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
POOR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POOR answer page.
Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1952. 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.
- NOTUPTOSNUFF (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for POOR
Every other clue in this collection answered by POOR, most used first.
- Low-quality - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Indigent - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Penniless - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
- Needy - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Substandard - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Destitute - used 35 times, most recently in 2023
- Inferior - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Impoverished - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Inadequate. - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Impecunious - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Hard up - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Shoddy - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Below average - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- D-worthy - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Not up to snuff - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Of low quality - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Third-rate - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Subpar - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- D - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Down-and-out - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- In need - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Like a church mouse - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Like Franklin's Richard - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Meager - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Worth a D - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Fifth-rate - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Unfortunate - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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.
- Nuisance - PEST, used 336 times
- "Hey, you!" - PSST, used 325 times
- Entreaty - PLEA, used 282 times
- Equal - PEER, used 256 times
- Saucy - PERT, used 233 times
- "Hey, over here!" - PSST, used 232 times
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