Ill-humored
The crossword clue "Ill-humored" is answered by SURLY, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SURLY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SURLY answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016. It appears in 5 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.
- BILIOUS (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for SURLY
Every other clue in this collection answered by SURLY, most used first.
- Bad-tempered - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Ill-tempered - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- Uncivil. - used 8 times, most recently in 1999
- Gruff - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Irascible - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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 will - SPITE, used 102 times
- Ill-suited - UNFIT, used 34 times
- Ill-suited - INAPT, used 27 times
- Andrea ___ (ill-fated ship) - DORIA, used 24 times
- Ill-gotten gain - LUCRE, used 18 times
- Ill-gotten gains - LUCRE, used 16 times
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