Apt anagram of "evil"

The answer

VILE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the VILE answer page.

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for VILE

Every other clue in this collection answered by VILE, most used first.

• Despicable - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Contemptible - used 42 times, most recently in 2023
• Repulsive - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Loathsome - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Disgusting - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Base - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Wicked - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Wretched - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Awful-tasting - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Beneath contempt - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Foul - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Odious - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Reprehensible - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Revolting - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Abhorrent - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Abominable - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Morally reprehensible - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Nasty - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Evil look - LEER, used 21 times
• Jekyll's evil side - HYDE, used 21 times
• Apt to pry - NOSY, used 14 times
• Apt anagram of "vile" - EVIL, used 13 times
• Apt name for a Dalmatian - SPOT, used 13 times
• Apt to snoop - NOSY, used 13 times

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