The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DIRE , but the solution may also be BAD which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in USA Today).
Awful crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DIRE | 30 % | 4 |
| BAD | 11 % | 3 |
| GHASTLY | 6 % | 7 |
| LOUSY | 6 % | 5 |
| HORRID | 4 % | 6 |
| FOUL | 4 % | 4 |
| NASTY | 4 % | 5 |
| GAG | 4 % | 3 |
| DRECKY | 2 % | 6 |
| THEPITS | 2 % | 7 |
| REVERENTIAL | 2 % | 11 |
| DREAD | 2 % | 5 |
| ABHORRENT | 2 % | 9 |
| ODIOUS | 2 % | 6 |
| GRUESOME | 2 % | 8 |
| FEARSOME | 2 % | 8 |
| TERRIBLE | 2 % | 8 |
| CRAPPY | 2 % | 6 |
| WACK | 2 % | 4 |
| HORRIBLE | 2 % | 8 |
| TOOBAD | 2 % | 6 |
| HORRIFIC | 2 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Awful
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- horrendous
- atrocious
- terribly
- dire
- abominable
- dreadful
- horrific
- terrible
- hateful
- direful
- lousy
- dreaded
Crossword Answer definitions
DIRE adjective- Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
- Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
- Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal
- Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DIRE
- Harrowing
- Kind of straits
- Urgent
- Critical
- Like some straits
- Serious
- Macabre
- Straits or consequences preceder
- Very urgent
- Disastrous
More clues leading to the result BAD
- Adverse
- Below standard
- Michael Jackson smash
- Not good
- "___ Boys" (1983)
- "___ Moon Rising"
- Quite inadequate
- Rotten egg, e.g.
- Unfavorable
- Incorrect
More clues leading to the result GHASTLY
More clues leading to the result LOUSY
- Not worth a darn
- Rife, slangily
- Inferior
- Wretchedly bad
- Rotten or contemptible
- Awful
- Rife, but not in a good way
- Crawling (with)
- Miserable
- Rotten
More clues leading to the result HORRID
- Ghastly
- Dreadful
- Egregious
- Perfectly awful
- Absolutely atrocious
- Absolutely dreadful
- Just plain awful
- Atrocious
- Repulsive
- Abysmal
More clues leading to the result FOUL
- Not fair
- Morally detestable
- Cry ___
- Illegal shift, e.g.
- It's just not fair!
- Party ___ (spilling the bongwater, e.g.)
- Sports offense
- It's not fair
- Cager's offense
- Free throw cause
More clues leading to the result NASTY
- Malicious
- Painful
- Particularly unpleasant
- Bitter
- Foul-smelling
- Not at all nice
- Mean-spirited
- Foul-tasking
- Vile
- Janet Jackson, 1986
More clues leading to the result GAG
- "__ me with a spoon!"
- April Fools' Day doing
- Choke
- React to a stench, perhaps
- Joke
- React to a tongue depressor
- Prop in 51-Across
- S&M prop
- ---
- Have a tough time swallowing?
More clues leading to the result DRECKY
More clues leading to the result THEPITS
- Utterly awful
- Worse than bad
- Beastly
- Something awful
- Somber situation
- Rock bottom
- Awful, slangily
- No fun at all
- Really bad
- Awful
More clues leading to the result REVERENTIAL
More clues leading to the result DREAD
- Be afraid of
- Fear
- Profound fear
- Be apprehensive
- Fear greatly
- Shudder
- Feeling of foreboding
- Apprehension
- Awe-inspiring
- No mere worry
More clues leading to the result ABHORRENT
More clues leading to the result ODIOUS
- Contemptible
- Repugnant
- Hateful
- Abominable
- Despicable
- Loathsome
- Beyond offensive
- Inspiring repugnance
- Particularly awful
- Thoroughly vile
More clues leading to the result GRUESOME
More clues leading to the result FEARSOME
- Inspiring dread
- Awe-inspiring
- Frightening
- Like ogres and A-bombs
- Scary
- Ride
- Alarming.
- Timorous
- Awful
- Redoubtable
More clues leading to the result TERRIBLE
- Describing Ivan
- Beyond bad
- Not merely bad
- Dire
- Like some twos
- Adjective for Alexander's day, in a Judith Viorst kids' book
- Distressing
- Distressing.
- Epithet for a Czar.
- Simply awful.
More clues leading to the result CRAPPY
More clues leading to the result WACK
- Very bad, slangily
- Hardly phat
- Eccentric
- Terrible
- Weirdo
- Awful
- Screwball
- Bad, slangily
- Stupidly bad, in slang
- Inferior, slangily
More clues leading to the result HORRIBLE
More clues leading to the result TOOBAD
- "Awww!"
- Commiserative words
- "Tsk, tsk"
- "What a shame"
- "That's a shame"
- "Alas!"
- "Them's the breaks!"
- "Bummer!"
- "Aww ... tough luck!"
- "Tough toenails!"