Clues for the word "VILLAIN"
We've had 30 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 59 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 26, 2025.
Definition of villain
- n. - One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant.
- n. - A baseborn or clownish person; a boor.
- n. - A vile, wicked person; a man extremely depraved, and capable or guilty of great crimes; a deliberate scoundrel; a knave; a rascal; a scamp.
- a. - Villainous.
- v. t. - To debase; to degrade.
Referring Clues
- Heavy
- Stereotypical mustache twirler
- Bad guy
- One "hissed" in a melodrama
- Book baddie
- Criminal getting in under house
- Rogue at home behind house
- Scoundrel
- Within the house is the scoundrel
- When off sick, idle about with some rogue
- Baddy
- Rogue
- No hero of football team at home
- Side batting like Blofeld?
- Football team elected rogue
- Baddie
- Person who might finish off a hero
- Criminal gets in at the back of the house
- Rogue does his dirty work in vain
- In following home, he's done wrongly
- House in which is a rogue
- Scoundrel proud to admit cruelty
- Criminal, rogue
- Criminal
- Rogue dwelling at home
- Criminal dwelling at home
- Six, in all, were hacked to pieces by the scoundrel
- Miscreant
- Blackguard being bad in vain
- Making a home in, with the scoundrel
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 26, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 29, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 21, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 08, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 26, 2025
- Daily Quick - April 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 09, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 12, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 02, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 07, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - July 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - June 12, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 12, 2024
- Daily Quick - December 12, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - October 21, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 01, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - August 08, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - July 07, 2023
- Daily Quick - May 16, 2023
- Daily Quick - April 25, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - March 21, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - January 02, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 09, 2022
- Daily Quick - December 07, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 28, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - July 21, 2022
- And in 29 more crossword puzzles...