Clues for the word "WORSE"
We've had 108 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 237 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on November 17, 2025.
Definition of worse
- compar. - Bad, ill, evil, or corrupt, in a greater degree; more bad or evil; less good; specifically, in poorer health; more sick; -- used both in a physical and moral sense.
- n. - Loss; disadvantage; defeat.
- n. - That which is worse; something less good; as, think not the worse of him for his enterprise.
- a. - In a worse degree; in a manner more evil or bad.
- v. t. - To make worse; to put disadvantage; to discomfit; to worst. See Worst, v.
Referring Clues
- Not so good
- Inferior
- What things could always be
- On the decline
- Declining in health
- Unfavorable prognosis
- Medical pronouncement
- Poorer
- "And if that weren't bad enough ..."
- On the downslide
- Poor prognosis
- "Which is ___ ...?"
- Not as good
- "It's ___ than that!"
- Be the ___ for wear
- Failing further
- In sorrier shape
- More dire
- "For better or for ___"
- Having deteriorated
- Having retrogressed
- Less better-off
- Far from better
- In decline
- Better's opposite
- "A fate ___ than death"
- Sicker
- Declining
- Deteriorating
- "If ___ comes to ..."
- Not as well
- Less favorable
- "For better or for ___"
- Less well
- More unfavorable
- Successor to bad?
- Marriage vow condition
- "For better or for ___"
- Hardly better
- Wedding vow word
- More severe
- Less well-done
- Not as favorable
- In a sorrier state
- "If ___ comes to ..."
- More egregious
- Further from recovery
- No ___ for wear
- Aggravated
- Less desirable
- More than bad
- Less improved
- Deserving fewer stars (than)
- Badder, more formally
- Part 3 of the motto
- Going downhill
- From bad to ___
- Better antithesis
- Having gone south
- Marital antonym of "better"
- No ___ for the wear
- Less well done
- More unpleasant
- Further downhill
- Go from bad to ___
- ___ off
- "I've seen ___"
- Troubling prognosis
- Like an F, vis-a-vis a D
- Inferior part of row or series
- Eye exam response
- Opposite of better
- More dreadful
- Billy Joel: "___ Comes to Worst"
- What you hope the other bands at the battle are
- A point that's sore, perhaps, will never be better
- Swore to reform but hasn't got any better
- Showing additional symptoms
- Less good
- More bad!
- Inferior or less well
- Had on about son being poorer
- Sew around or it gets more difficult
- U-turn from better
- A better rebuttal
- Poorer rhyme for a purse
- Bad's successor?
- "It's ___ than I thought"
- Lower-quality
- More inferior
- F, vis-a-vis D-
- Not as well done
- C-, vis-a-vis C+
- Less skillful
- In one way or another, poorer
- Less preferable
- Like a B+, vis-a-vis an A-
- More flawed
- Not so great
- Beyond bad
- Not as nice
- For better or ___
- Like :( vis-à-vis :/
- Less "Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes, e.g.
- Not better
- ___ for wear
- Response during an eye exam
- Not improving
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - November 17, 2025
- LA Times - November 03, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 16, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 21, 2025
- Mirror Mini - August 16, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 07, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 23, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 09, 2025
- Daily American - February 25, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 18, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 21, 2024
- New York Times - December 18, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - November 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 12, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 23, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 05, 2024
- Your Life Choices - June 26, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - June 20, 2024
- Mirror Daily - May 22, 2024
- Mirror Daily - April 30, 2024
- LA Times - April 18, 2024
- Mirror Daily - April 08, 2024
- Your Life Choices - March 18, 2024
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