What things could always be

The answer

WORSE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WORSE answer page.

Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Poorer - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• 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.

• "In what way?" - HOWSO, used 66 times
• Things - ITEMS, used 53 times
• Square things - ATONE, used 47 times
• Signs of things to come - OMENS, used 46 times
• "What a pity!" - SOSAD, used 46 times
• Saw things? - TEETH, used 42 times

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