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CRUEL is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for CRUEL.

69 total results for CRUEL( score: 50 )

22 results for CRUEL from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
DateGridClueAuthorEditor
Wed Feb 3, 202125AHeartlessYacob YonasShortz
Thu Jul 23, 202022AMeanRobyn WeintraubShortz
Wed Feb 6, 201927DSadisticQueena Mewers and Alex Eaton-SalnersShortz
Mon Dec 18, 201766ADeliberately hurtfulBruce HaightShortz
Thu Mar 23, 201724DBarbarousSandy GanzellShortz
Thu Jan 5, 20173DLike Vlad the ImpalerEd SessaShortz
Mon Oct 17, 20166DMean, mean, meanDamon GulczynskiShortz
Sat Sep 10, 201655ATwisting the knife, sayPeter WentzShortz
Sat Jan 16, 201623ALike a Grand InquisitorSean DobbinShortz
Fri Nov 22, 20138DMonstrousPatrick BerryShortz
Sun Oct 28, 201263ABarbaric (3)Michael Sharp and Caleb MadisonShortz
Wed Sep 12, 201254ASteve Martin's "___ Shoes"Robert W. HarrisShortz
Mon Aug 6, 201265ALike Cinderella's stepsistersLynn LempelShortz
Wed Dec 5, 200732AHard-hearted (2)Allan E. ParrishShortz
Sun Apr 29, 200765DTruculentHenry HookShortz
Sun Jan 11, 200497ABarbaric (3)Alan ArbesfeldShortz
Thu Sep 4, 200314ANasty and then someNancy Salomon and Bob PeoplesShortz
Sun Jun 20, 19995DBarbaric (3)Manny NosowskyShortz
Fri Jun 18, 199949AUnusual partner?Brendan Emmett QuigleyShortz
Tue Mar 11, 19977DDiabolicalAlan ArbesfeldShortz
Sun May 12, 1996102AHardhearted (2)R. SilvestriShortz
Fri Jan 21, 199419DBeastlyA.J. SantoraShortz
47 results for CRUEL from pre-Shortz puzzles:
DateGridClueAuthorEditor
Sun Apr 11, 19932DLike fairy-tale stepmothersNancy Nicholson JolineMaleska
Thu Oct 22, 199249AMercilessChristy RidleyMaleska
Fri May 31, 199149DHeartlessErnie FurtadoMaleska
Sun Aug 11, 198566DHeartlessPeter G. SnowMaleska
Sun Feb 17, 198570AMonsarrat's "The ___ Sea"John GreenmanMaleska
Sun Dec 4, 198364DUnrelentingMary Virginia OrnaMaleska
Fri Feb 4, 19838DRemorselessWilliam LutwiniakMaleska
Wed Oct 27, 198221DMercilessDorothy SmitonickMaleska
Fri May 22, 198162AMonsarrat's "The ___ Sea"Samuel K. FliegnerMaleska
Thu Sep 11, 198045DMercilessN. M. MeyerMaleska
Mon Nov 7, 197715ALike fate, oftenJamesMaleska
Mon Sep 19, 197729DSadisticRickertMaleska
Sun Oct 31, 19769D"The ___ Sea"Threba JohnsonWeng
Tue Aug 10, 197635DIllegal kind of punishmentEvelyn BenshoofWeng
Sun Feb 22, 1976102ALike Monsarrat's seaTap OsbornWeng
Fri Dec 27, 197433A"The ___ Sea"Tap OsbornWeng
Sun Oct 22, 1972106APitilessFrank NosoffWeng
Tue Apr 11, 19726DHeartlessUnknownWeng
Mon Dec 29, 196942ATyrannic.UnknownWeng
Mon Dec 15, 19692DLike Sade.UnknownWeng
Thu May 23, 196812DPitiless.UnknownFarrar
Tue Jan 11, 196646ARuthless.UnknownFarrar
Mon Apr 19, 196543DBarbarous.UnknownFarrar
Thu Jan 7, 196536ANeronian.UnknownFarrar
Sun Jun 21, 196477AMerciless.Diana SessionsFarrar
Wed May 23, 196248DUnkind.Lois HillisFarrar
Thu Aug 31, 196139APitiless.UnknownFarrar
Thu May 11, 19614DRuthless.UnknownFarrar
Mon Oct 19, 195926AMerciless.UnknownFarrar
Tue Jun 16, 195949DMerciless.Hume R. CraftFarrar
Sun Mar 29, 195927AInhuman.Anthony MorseFarrar
Tue Aug 19, 195826DBarbarous.Joseph LaFauciFarrar
Sun Aug 10, 195838AMerciless.Eugene T. MaleskaFarrar
Sun Mar 17, 195799A"The ___ Sea."Marcia GladstoneFarrar
Sun Jan 27, 195798AInhuman.Thomas MeekinFarrar
Mon Dec 24, 195632DHard-hearted.Helen FasuloFarrar
Mon Oct 29, 195628DRuthless.Helen FasuloFarrar
Mon Jun 18, 19566DRuthless.Madeline CorseFarrar
Sun Jun 20, 195495D"The ___ Sea."Sidney LambertFarrar
Mon Sep 28, 195342AAdjective for the sea.George HendersonFarrar
Sun Mar 2, 195259A"The ___ Sea."Louis BaronFarrar
Sun Sep 9, 195129AInhuman.Jules ArensbergFarrar
Sun Jun 3, 195161ADespotic.Jules ArensbergFarrar
Sun Jun 24, 194559AHarsh.A. H. CookFarrar
Sun Jan 30, 194487A"___ wars, wasting the earth."—MiltonWillard N. JordanFarrar
Sun Aug 22, 194352DInhuman.Jack LuzzattoFarrar
Sun May 17, 194236DHarsh.Louis JenkinsFarrar
Anagrams:CREUL, CRULE, CUREL, ULCER, LUCRE, CLUER
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