"The ___ Duckling"
The crossword clue ""The ___ Duckling"" is answered by UGLY, a 4-letter entry. Used 23 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
UGLY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UGLY answer page.
Used 23 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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