The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EVIL , but the solution may also be SICK which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Ill crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EVIL | 31 % | 4 |
| WOE | 19 % | 3 |
| SICK | 13 % | 4 |
| BADLY | 13 % | 5 |
| STRICKEN | 6 % | 8 |
| LAIDUP | 6 % | 6 |
| UNDERTHEWEATHER | 6 % | 15 |
| IOTAS | 6 % | 5 |
Why may SICK be the right solution?
The word "ill" is often used as a synonym for "sick," which means being in poor health. Therefore, "SICK" is the right answer for the crossword clue "Ill."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ill
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- badly
- inauspicious
- bad
- unpropitious
- harmful
- hostile
- poorly
- trouble
- faint
- afflicted
- stricken
- distress
Crossword Answer definitions
EVIL noun- Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
- Something which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good; something which causes suffering of any kind to sentient beings; harm; injury; mischief.
- A malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil (scrofula).
- Intending to harm; malevolent.
- Morally corrupt.
- Unpleasant, foul (of odour, taste, mood, weather, etc.).
- Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous.
- Having harmful qualities; not good; worthless or deleterious.
- Undesirable; harmful; bad practice
- Wickedly, evilly, iniquitously
- Injuriously, harmfully; in a damaging way.
- Badly, poorly; in an insufficient way.
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 EVIL
- Agatha Christie's "___ Under the Sun"
- Beyond bad
- Dark forces
- Doctor opposing Austin Powers
- Like Lucifer
- Like some spirits
- Mean business
- Satanic
- Sinister
- Wicked
More clues leading to the result WOE
- "__ is me!
- Hand-wringer's word
- Misfortune
- Deep distress
- Heartache
- Wednesday's child is full of it
- Grief
- Blue state?
- Misery
- Ailment
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
More clues leading to the result BADLY
- Ill
- In a skill-less way
- In a substandard way
- To a great extent
- In the worst way
- Not well
- In a shoddy way
- Illy.
- Very much: Colloq.
- Not well.
More clues leading to the result STRICKEN
- Afflicted, as with guilt
- Afflicted with illness, say
- Hit (with)
- Afflicted
- Hit
- Poverty-___ (very poor)
- Deleted (from).
- Incapacitated
- Wounded
- Ill
More clues leading to the result LAIDUP
- Sick
- Bedridden
- Out of commission
- Unable to work
- Down with the flu, e.g.
- Out due to injury
- Disabled
- Out of action
- Ill
- Home in bed, perhaps
More clues leading to the result UNDERTHEWEATHER
- Ailing
- Sick
- Feeling ill
- Out of sorts
- Indisposed
- Not up to par ... or, aptly, what this puzzle's circled letters are
- Not feeling well
- Out of sorts.
- Not in the pink.
- Indisposed.