Hard on the eyes
The crossword clue "Hard on the eyes" is answered by UGLY, a 4-letter entry. Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2021. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
UGLY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UGLY answer page.
Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2021. It appears in 11 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.
- UGLYASSIN (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for UGLY
Every other clue in this collection answered by UGLY, most used first.
- Hideous - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Unsightly - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- "The ___ Duckling" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Hostile, as a crowd - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Unattractive - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Like an eyesore - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Hard to look at - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Hard to watch - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Ill-favored. - used 9 times, most recently in 1994
- Like a storied duckling - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- "The __ Duckling" (fairy tale) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Far from fair - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- In pre-swan mode - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Like eyesores - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Grotesque - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Hardly handsome - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Like Andersen's duckling - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Not pretty - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Repulsive - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Far from fetching - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Hostile - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Like a fabled duckling - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Like Cinderella's stepsisters - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- "The ___ American" - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
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.
- Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
- In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
- On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
- From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
- Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
- Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times
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