CRUEL Crossword Clue & Answer

We found 359 solutions for 'CRUEL' with 2 to 15 letters.
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The clue "cruel" last appeared in the USA Today crossword on August 16, 2025. The correct answer for this puzzle is "MEAN", a 4-letter word.

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Clue
Answer
Length
CRUEL with 2 letters
GO
2
CRUEL with 3 letters
BAD
3
HIE
3
MAD
3
CRUEL with 4 letters
ACID
4
BARE
4
COLD
4
DOUR
4
EVIL
4
FARE
4
FELL
4
FIRM
4
FOUL
4
GORY
4
GRIM
4
HARD
4
MEAN ⭐
4
PASS
4
RUDE
4
SOUR
4
UGLY
4
VERY
4
WEND
4
WILD
4
CRUEL with 5 letters
ACUTE
5
ALIEN
5
ANGRY
5
BLACK
5
BRUTE
5
CROSS
5
EXACT
5
FATAL
5
FERAL
5
GRAVE
5
HARSH
5
HEAVY
5
IRATE
5
IRKED
5
NASTY
5
REBEL
5
RIGID
5
ROUGH
5
SHARP
5
STERN
5
STIFF
5
SURLY
5
UPSET
5
CRUEL with 6 letters
ABRUPT
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ANIMAL
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BARREN
6
BITCHY
6
BITING
6
BITTER
6
BLOODY
6
BRUTAL
6
CRUISE
6
CUSSED
6
DAMNED
6
FIERCE
6
FLINTY
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GRUMPY
6
INSANE
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NARROW
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OGRISH
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PUSH ON
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RAGING
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RAVING
6
REPAIR
6
SAVAGE
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SEVERE
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STORMY
6
STRICT
6
SULLEN
6
TRAVEL
6
UNEASY
6
UNKIND ⭐
6
WANTON
6
WICKED
6
CRUEL with 7 letters
ABUSIVE
7
ADAMANT
7
ANGERED
7
ANNOYED
7
ARGUING
7
AROUSED
7
AUSTERE
7
BEASTLY
7
BESTIAL
7
BINDING
7
BRUTISH
7
CALLOUS
7
CARPING
7
DEFIANT
7
DEMONIC
7
ENRAGED
7
FURIOUS
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GNAWING
7
GRIPING
7
HARMFUL
7
HATEFUL
7
HEINOUS
7

Top answers for CRUEL crossword clue from newspapers

MEAN
UNKIND
INHUMANE
INHUMAN
PITILESS
coldhearted

Definition of cruel

  • (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

Anagrams of cruel

LUCRE ULCER

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Solution MEAN is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution MEAN is 4 letters long. We have 19 further solutions of the same word length.

How many solutions are there for the crossword clue "CRUEL"?

There are 359 solutions. The longest is ANTHROPOPHAGOUS with 15 letters, and the shortest is GO with 2 letters.

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11
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11
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10
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10
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10
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10
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10
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10
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10
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