Poorer
The crossword clue "Poorer" is answered by WORSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1965. 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
WORSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WORSE answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1965. 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.
- SORRIER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for WORSE
Every other clue in this collection answered by WORSE, most used first.
- Not as good - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Not so good - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Sicker than before - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Inferior - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Less desirable - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Less favorable - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- In sorrier shape - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- What things could always be - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Better's opposite - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- For better or __ - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- "For better or for ___" - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- From bad to ___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- More severe - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- More unfavorable - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Sicker - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Aggravated - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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.
- Poorer, as excuses go - LAMER, used 6 times
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