Malicious ill will
The crossword clue "Malicious ill will" is answered by SPITE, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPITE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPITE answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SPITE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPITE, most used first.
- Malice - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
- Ill will - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
- Rancor - used 15 times, most recently in 2022
- Grudge - used 14 times, most recently in 2004
- Vindictiveness - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Petty malice - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of fence - used 12 times, most recently in 1997
- Petty ill will - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Malevolence - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Cattiness - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Maliciousness - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Vengeful feeling - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Malicious feeling - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Meanness - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Venom - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Treat maliciously - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Ill-suited - UNFIT, used 34 times
- Ill-suited - INAPT, used 27 times
- Andrea ___ (ill-fated ship) - DORIA, used 24 times
- Is ___ (probably will) - APTTO, used 24 times
- Will Rogers prop - LASSO, used 23 times
- Will of "Blue Bloods" - ESTES, used 20 times
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