The clue "pernicious" last appeared in the Washington Post crossword on August 14, 2025. The correct answer for this puzzle is "EVIL", a 4-letter word.
Solution EVIL is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution EVIL is 4 letters long. We have 2 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 119 solutions. The longest is COUNTERPRODUCTIVE with 17 letters, and the shortest is BAD with 3 letters.
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Solutions are between 3 and 17 letters long.
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| A PERNICIOUS AND MALIGN INFLUENCE THAT IS HARD TO GET RID OF | ||
| Pernicious weed | ||
| Pernicious pet | ||
| Perniciousness | ||
| Pernicious or perifidious | ||
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| Destructive and harmful (10) | |