The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word DYS , but the solution may also be MAL- which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
"Bad" prefix crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DYS | 39 % | 3 |
| MAL | 35 % | 3 |
| MIS | 13 % | 3 |
| CACO | 7 % | 4 |
| MAL- | 4 % | 4 |
| MALE | 2 % | 4 |
Why may MAL be the right solution?
The prefix "MAL-" is commonly used to indicate something bad or negative. For example, "malfunction" means a bad functioning, and "malicious" means having bad intentions. Therefore, "MAL-" is the right solution for the clue "Bad prefix."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "Bad" prefix
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- male
- mal
- dis
- fore
- mal-
- mis-
- vice
- ant
- dent
- dumb
- dys-
- half
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 DYS
- Abnormal: Prefix
- Functional beginning?
- Bad (comb. form)
- Opposite of "eu-"
- "Bad" beginner
- Opposite of eu-
- It's not eu-
- Bad start?
- Abnormal: pref.
- Prefix with -topia
More clues leading to the result MAL
- __ de mer
- Odorous intro?
- Start to practice?
- Prefix with ware or function
- ___ de mer
- Bad French
- Bad to the Sorbonne?
- Bad, in Barcelona
- Cobb's wife in "Inception"
- Content beginning
More clues leading to the result MIS
- Prefix meaning "wrong"
- Start to count?
- Wrong start?
- Wrong: Pref.
- Wrong (prefix)
- Grafton's ___ for Malice
- Res' scale neighbors
- "___ for the million..."
- Grafton's "__ for Malice"
- Fas' neighbors
More clues leading to the result CACO
- Phony start?
- Phony beginning?
- Bad, in combinations
- Bad: Comb. form.
- Harsh: Comb. form.
- Noisy: Comb form.
- Incorrect: Prefix
- Unpleasant: Prefix
- Harsh: Comb. form
- Bad: Comb. form