Clues for the word "SPOIL"
We've had 75 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 216 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on February 15, 2026.
Definition of spoil
- v. t. - To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.
- v. t. - To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
- v. t. - To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.
- v. t. - To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.
- v. i. - To practice plunder or robbery.
- v. i. - To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.
- n. - That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
- n. - Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the spoils.
- n. - That which is gained by strength or effort.
- n. - The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.
- n. - Corruption; cause of corruption.
- n. - The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.
Referring Clues
- Sour
- Mar
- Go bad
- Turn
- Turn into a brat?
- Grow moldy
- Desire, with "for"
- Pamper
- Dote on
- Pamper too much
- Overindulge
- Make a mess of
- "I Don't Want to ___ the Party" (the B-side of "Eight Days a Week")
- Turn rancid
- Turn sour
- Baby, maybe
- Ruin
- Turn bad
- Rain on a parade
- Throw a wet blanket on
- Dote on excessively
- Become inedible
- Curdle
- Sour, as milk
- Overindulge, as kids
- Ruin, as the end of a movie
- Turn brown, maybe
- Give too much to
- Give away the ending
- Become rotten
- Rot
- Decay
- Ruin, as one's dinner
- Over-indulge
- Turn green, maybe
- Turn green
- Give away, as a movie ending
- Vitiate
- Get moldy
- Baby
- Dote on too much
- Mollycoddle
- Become tainted
- Overpamper
- Go past an expiration date
- Ruin, as a surprise
- Take a turn for the worse?
- Treat too well
- Affect detrimentally
- "Spare the rod, ___ the child"
- Ruin, as fun
- Go bad, as milk
- Indulge
- Treat overindulgently
- The Seeds "Nobody ___ My Fun"
- Deface
- Corrupt president's interment
- Make rifts in the loot?
- Wreck
- Harm baby
- Do this to cite this for 11
- Pamper, as a child
- Go sour, say
- Give away, in a way
- To drop an apple core in the dirt would do it no good!
- Spreading dirt about coppers is a damaging thing to do
- Reveal, as a plot twist
- Go off when you overindulge
- Taint by dropping softly in the dirt
- Share, as a plot?
- Give away, as a story's ending
- Pamper to a fault
- Ruin the ending of
- Become rotten, as milk
- Pamper to excess
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - February 15, 2026
- Daily Quick - November 06, 2025
- LA Times - August 16, 2025
- Daily American - August 03, 2025
- New York Times - July 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 11, 2025
- Daily American - July 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 21, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 19, 2025
- USA Today - January 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 24, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 07, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 30, 2024
- Daily Quick - December 06, 2024
- LA Times - November 02, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 21, 2024
- Family Time - September 15, 2024
- USA Today - June 16, 2024
- Mirror Daily - April 05, 2024
- Mirror Daily - March 20, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 18, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 12, 2024
- Mirror Daily - January 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - January 17, 2024
- USA Today - December 17, 2023
- USA Today - December 07, 2023
- New York Times - November 19, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - November 06, 2023
- And in 186 more crossword puzzles...