Go bad
The crossword clue "Go bad" is answered by SOUR, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SOUR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOUR answer page.
Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SOUR
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOUR, most used first.
- Tart - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
- Tart-tasting - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
- Mouth-puckering - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Pucker-inducing - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Like lemons - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Off-key - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
- Whiskey cocktail - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Like Aesop's grapes - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Lip-puckering - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Whiskey drink - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Acerbic - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
- Peevish - used 12 times, most recently in 1998
- Like some grapes - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Go bad, as milk - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Like a lemon - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Pucker-producing - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Unpleasant - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Bar order - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Whiskey ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Bitter - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Grumpy - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- One of the basic tastes - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Tasting like lemons - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Turn bad - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Acidic - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Crabby - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Like a lime - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Vinegary - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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
- Bad to the bone - EVIL, used 115 times
- Bad day for Caesar - IDES, used 89 times
- Bad mood - SNIT, used 67 times
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