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 New York Times in 2023.
Sick crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ILL | 80 % | 3 |
| UNDERTHEWEATHER | 4 % | 15 |
| LAIDUP | 2 % | 6 |
| TWISTED | 2 % | 7 |
| DERANGED | 2 % | 8 |
| UGH | 1 % | 3 |
| OUTOFTHEPINK | 1 % | 12 |
| DOPE | 1 % | 4 |
| RAD | 1 % | 3 |
| UNWELL | 1 % | 6 |
| ILLIN | 1 % | 5 |
| PERVERSE | 1 % | 8 |
| AILING | 1 % | 6 |
Why may DOPE be the right solution?
In slang, "dope" can mean something that is cool or excellent. Therefore, if someone says "sick!" in a positive way, "dope" can be a fitting response.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sick
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ill
- unwell
- infirm
- sickly
- bedridden
- demented
- afflicted
- ailing
- nauseated
- mad
- disgusted
- insane
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 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.
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 TWISTED
- Danced la Chubby Checker
- Misshapen
- Wry
- Distorted
- Wrenched.
- Warped.
- Bent.
- Meandered.
- Went after the lion's tail
- Sick
More clues leading to the result DERANGED
- Out of one's gourd
- Nuts
- Insane
- Sick
- Disordered.
- Unbalanced.
- Unsettled.
- Out of one's mind
- Mad
- Off one's rocker
More clues leading to the result UGH
- "Gross!"
- "Ew-w-w! Gross!"
- Not that!
- "Oh, gawd"
- "That's gross!"
- "That's awful!"
- "Bleah!"
- "Didn't need to hear that"
- "Don't tell me any more!"
- "Not again!"
More clues leading to the result OUTOFTHEPINK
More clues leading to the result DOPE
More clues leading to the result RAD
- Cool, in the '90s
- Energy unit
- Extremist
- "Awesome!"
- Cool
- Marvelous, slangily
- One-half a diam.
- Cool, these days
- Physicist's unit
- Totally awesome
More clues leading to the result UNWELL
- Ailing
- Under the weather
- Out of sorts.
- Ailing.
- Not in the pink
- Indisposed
- Sick
- "I'm not crazy, I'm just a little ___"
- Not feeling up to par
More clues leading to the result ILLIN
- Weird, in rap slang
- Bad, in rap music
- "You Be ___" (Run D.M.C. hit)
- Bad, in rap slang
- "You Be __": 1986 Run-D.M.C. hit
- Run-D.M.C.'s "You Be __"
- Really awful, in rap slang
- Crazy, in rap slang
- Wack, in hip-hop
- "You Be ___" (1986 hip-hop hit)