The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DEES , but the solution may also be STIGMAS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Bad marks crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEES | 23 % | 4 |
| STIGMAS | 17 % | 7 |
| ACNE | 17 % | 4 |
| BLOTS | 14 % | 5 |
| DEMERITS | 9 % | 8 |
| EFS | 9 % | 3 |
| WELTS | 3 % | 5 |
| SCARS | 3 % | 5 |
| ZITS | 3 % | 4 |
| STAINS | 3 % | 6 |
Why may STIGMAS be the right solution?
"Bad marks" can refer to negative associations or perceptions that are attached to a person or thing, which are known as "stigmas."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bad marks
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Crossword Answer definitions
DEES noun- The name of the Latin-script letter D.
- Something shaped like the letter D, such as a dee lock.
- Police detective.
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 DEES
- Bad grades
- Wedding couple?
- Poor grades
- Sandra and Ruby
- Ruby and Sandra
- Odd couple?
- DJ Rick
- Riddle's middle
- Bad marks
- Deadhead's trio
More clues leading to the result STIGMAS
- Blots on one's record
- Symbols of disgrace
- Reputation ruiners
- Reputation besmirchers
- Marks of infamy
- Bad marks
- Marks of infamy.
- Black marks.
- Stains
- Marks of disgrace
More clues leading to the result ACNE
- It's the pits!
- Skin problem
- Teen tribulation
- Teen trouble
- Zits
- Adolescent's woe
- Teen marker
- Teen woe
- Teens' trouble
- Condition in some gawky school pictures
More clues leading to the result BLOTS
- LSD units
- Rorschach test fodder
- They may be interpreted in a shrink's office
- Ink-spill leftovers
- Reputation demerits
- Soaks up, as a spill
- Discoloring stains
- Uses Bounty, for example
- Ink stains
- Blemishes
More clues leading to the result DEMERITS
More clues leading to the result EFS
- Scruffy pair?
- Daffy duo?
- Pieces of fluff
- Gees' predecessors
- Letters
- Fluffy's threesome
- Two of fifteen?
- Pair of buffalo?
- "Fluffy" threesome
- Fluffy trio?
More clues leading to the result WELTS
- Skin marks
- Raised bumps
- Reinforced garment seams
- Leather strips on shoes
- Paintball souvenirs, perhaps
- Bruise brothers
- Cobbler's strips
- Shoemaker's strips
- Painful paintball mementos
- Hit-by-pitch reminders
More clues leading to the result SCARS
- Marring marks
- Lasting wounds
- "He jests at __...": Romeo
- Enduring marks
- Mementos of mending
- Former wounds
- Injury reminders
- Battle lines?
- Swordfight souvenirs
- Painful memories
More clues leading to the result ZITS
- Teen problem
- Teenage bane
- Teens often pop them
- Bad marks for a high school student
- They may be covered during a date
- Comic strip about teen Jeremy Duncan
- Comic strip about Jeremy Duncan
- Teen tormentors
- Mug imperfections
- Facial flaws