The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word ILL which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2023.
Green around the gills crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ILL | 67 % | 3 |
| SICK | 29 % | 4 |
| PALE | 4 % | 4 |
Why may ILL be the right solution?
The phrase "green around the gills" is an idiom meaning to look sick or nauseated. "Ill" is a synonym for sick, making it the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Green around the gills
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- green in the gills
- green at the gills
- green behind the ears
- lung sick
- khaki-green
- mossgrown
- white livered
- fleshcolored
- puky
- featherheaded
- gorgetted
- grungey
Crossword Answer definitions
ILL noun- (often pluralized) Trouble; distress; misfortune; adversity.
- Harm or injury.
- Evil; moral wrongfulness.
- A physical ailment; an illness.
- PCP, phencyclidine.
- Evil; wicked (of people).
- Morally reprehensible (of behaviour etc.); blameworthy.
- Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
- Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
- Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
- Having an urge to vomit.
- (hip-hop slang) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
- Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
- Unwise; not a good idea.
- Not well; imperfectly, badly; hardly.
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 ILL
- "__ Never Smile Again"
- Laid up
- Out of sorts
- Under the weather
- Feeling poorly
- Not healthy
- Not well
- Sick
- Ailing
- Hardly healthy
More clues leading to the result SICK
- Under the weather
- Not too well
- Really ill
- "This ___ Beat" (phrase trademarked by Taylor Swift)
- Ailing
- Not right in the head
- Macabre
- Tired partner?
- Green around the gills
- Like some absentees