Turn sour
The crossword clue "Turn sour" is answered by SPOIL, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPOIL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPOIL answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 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.
- CURDLE (3 uses in xd)
- ACIDIFY (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for SPOIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPOIL, most used first.
- Go bad - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- Ruin - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Overindulge - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Pamper - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Turn - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Mar - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Become inedible - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Go bad, as milk - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Turn away - AVERT, used 104 times
- Turn inside out - EVERT, used 100 times
- Turn aside - AVERT, used 86 times
- Turn topsy-turvy - UPEND, used 60 times
- Turn outward - EVERT, used 53 times
- Sour - ACERB, used 43 times
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