Petty malice
The crossword clue "Petty malice" is answered by SPITE, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 8 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 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 8 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
- 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
- Malicious ill will - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- 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.
- Petty quarrels - SPATS, used 49 times
- Malice - VENOM, used 24 times
- Petty - SMALL, used 23 times
- Petty officer - BOSUN, used 18 times
- Petty quarrels - TIFFS, used 17 times
- Petty quarrel - SETTO, used 11 times
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