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Metaphor for a bad handshake

Last seen in Universal Crossword September 4, 2022 Answers

The Universal Crossword crossword from September 4, 2022 includes the clue "Metaphor for a bad handshake". We've gathered 141 possible solutions from our comprehensive database of crossword answers. The top-ranked answer is DEADFISH (8 letters) at 99%, determined by analysing how frequently this answer appears for this and similar clues.

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141 Other Potential Answers

99%
DEADFISH
Metaphor for a bad handshake
Universal Crossword · Sep 4, 2022
10%
WRONGFOOT
Metaphor for a bad start
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 23, 2025
5%
IDIOM
Pretty penny or bad penny
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 5, 2026
5%
MESSY
Like a bad breakup
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 30, 2026
5%
AIL
Feel bad
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 22, 2026
5%
OHSORRY
"Whoops, my bad"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 20, 2026
5%
OHNO
"This is really bad!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 14, 2026
5%
DISCONTENTMILL
Factory that produces bad vibes?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 26, 2026
5%
OOPS
"My bad!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 21, 2026
5%
FIRM
Like a good handshake
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 21, 2026
5%
PARDONMYFRENCH
"Please excuse the bad language," and what can be said about 18-, 26-, 55-, and 65-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 5, 2026
5%
IMSOSORRY
"My bad!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 23, 2026
5%
SOSO
Not bad, not great
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 19, 2026
5%
AGLINING
Upside found periodically in a bad situation?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2026
5%
SPOIL
Go bad
Universal Crossword · Apr 13, 2026
5%
GROANED
Reacted to a bad joke
Universal Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
5%
RUE
Feel bad about
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 29, 2026
5%
THATSWACK
Reaction to something weird and bad
Universal Crossword · Mar 22, 2026
5%
TEETH
Enforceability metaphor
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 14, 2026
5%
ROTS
Goes bad
Universal Crossword · Mar 9, 2026
5%
IMESSEDUP
"It's my bad"
Universal Crossword · Mar 1, 2026
5%
ONPAPER
Where bad ideas might look better
Universal Crossword · Jan 30, 2026
5%
STIFFUPPERLIP
*Composure metaphor in a P.G. Wodehouse title
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 25, 2026
5%
ILLSEEMYSELFOUT
Comment after a bad joke
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 24, 2026
5%
EVILOMEN
Really bad sign
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 14, 2026
5%
RIPER
Leaving less of a bad taste, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 9, 2026
5%
DENT
Make a bad impression?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 7, 2026
5%
THATSONME
"My bad" ... or a hint to a two-line arrangement within each pair of starred clues' answers
Universal Crossword · Jan 6, 2026
5%
MEH
Not bad enough to pan
Universal Crossword · Jan 2, 2026
5%
KALE
Superfood whose "special power is tasting bad," per Jim Gaffigan
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 27, 2025
5%
DONTJINXIT
"You'll bring us bad luck!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 20, 2025
5%
TOO
"___ bad, so sad"
Universal Crossword · Dec 13, 2025
5%
OOPSY
"My bad!"
Universal Crossword · Dec 10, 2025
5%
SRY
Texter's "My bad"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 8, 2025
5%
THEWAGESOFCYNICS
Compensation for those expecting bad outcomes?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 7, 2025
5%
ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE
"It's not all bad news ...," and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 2, 2025
5%
STALE
Like many bad jokes
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 22, 2025
5%
CONDO
*They accept bad behavior
Universal Crossword · Nov 21, 2025
5%
ALAS
"Too bad"
Universal Crossword · Nov 14, 2025
5%
SWEAR
Say a bad word
Universal Crossword · Nov 11, 2025
5%
ASS
Suffix that makes "bad" good?
Universal Crossword · Nov 1, 2025
5%
RUES
Feels bad about
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 29, 2025
5%
NOONION
Request from a diner concerned about bad breath
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 28, 2025
5%
ABET
Help a bad actor
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 26, 2025
5%
MEALY
Like a bad apple
Universal Crossword · Oct 24, 2025
5%
MAL
Prefix meaning "bad"
Universal Crossword · Oct 18, 2025
5%
SEEME
Message that might accompany a bad grade
Universal Crossword · Oct 11, 2025
5%
INVISIBLEHAND
Economic metaphor introduced by Adam Smith ... or what can be seen four times in this puzzle?
Universal Crossword · Oct 10, 2025
5%
HABIT
You can kick a bad one!
Universal Crossword · Oct 9, 2025
5%
WHATASHAME
"Oh, that's too bad!"
Universal Crossword · Sep 26, 2025
5%
BOOED
Responded to a bad strike call
Universal Crossword · Sep 18, 2025
5%
EVIL
Very bad
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 7, 2025
5%
GROAN
React to a bad joke
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 31, 2025
5%
UNLEARN
Break, as a bad habit
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 12, 2025
5%
ROT
Go bad
Universal Crossword · Aug 4, 2025
5%
INDOORPOOL
Crawl space protected from bad weather?
Universal Crossword · Aug 3, 2025
5%
STINKAROOS
They're really bad
Universal Crossword · Aug 2, 2025
5%
MOLDY
Like bad bread
Universal Crossword · Jun 14, 2025
5%
ANAGRAM
Debit card for bad credit?
Universal Crossword · May 30, 2025
5%
SNORTED
Showed appreciation for a bad joke, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 26, 2025
5%
AAVE
Dialectical source of "no cap" and "down bad," for short
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 24, 2025
5%
BRIGHTSPOTS
Good things in bad times
Universal Crossword · May 21, 2025
5%
TENSES
Gets ready to hear bad news, maybe
Universal Crossword · Apr 27, 2025
5%
WORST
As bad as can be
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 22, 2025
5%
BEARER
___ of bad news
Universal Crossword · Apr 22, 2025
5%
SIN
Do bad
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 17, 2025
5%
SILO
Farm building used as a metaphor for poor internal communication
Universal Crossword · Apr 13, 2025
5%
SOSORRY
“My bad!”
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Apr 8, 2025
5%
ERRORS
Stat for a bad defense
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 30, 2025
5%
IAGO
"Othello" bad guy
Universal Crossword · Mar 24, 2025
5%
FORE
Cry from a bad driver?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 16, 2025
5%
SPINE
Body part that's a metaphor for courage
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 10, 2025
5%
GLOAT
Be a bad winner
Universal Crossword · Mar 9, 2025
5%
UHOH
“This looks very bad”
Premier Sunday Crossword · Mar 9, 2025
5%
CARDIGAN
Taylor Swift hit that features a sweater metaphor
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 5, 2025
5%
GLOATS
Is a bad winner
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Mar 3, 2025
5%
ABETS
Offers some bad advice?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 2, 2025
5%
OOPSSORRY
"My bad!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 22, 2025
5%
BETTERNOT
"Actually, bad idea"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 14, 2025
5%
ILL
In bad health
Premier Sunday Crossword · Feb 9, 2025
5%
WORK
Stop __ order: bad news on a construction site
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 7, 2025
5%
SOURED
Turned bad, as milk
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 3, 2025
5%
ROLLOFTHEDICE
*Undertaking that could have a good or bad outcome
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 3, 2025
5%
RIPE
Fragrant, in a bad way
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 19, 2025
5%
SEEA
“I — bad moon rising”
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jan 5, 2025
5%
YEESH
"Wow, that's bad!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 31, 2024
5%
CENSORS
Removes bad words from
Universal Crossword · Dec 20, 2024
5%
EDIT
Remove bad words from?
Universal Crossword · Dec 20, 2024
5%
WEREDOOMED
"It's looking really bad for us"
Universal Crossword · Dec 14, 2024
5%
PEASOUP
Thick 4-Across metaphor
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 11, 2024
5%
LAME
Like bad excuses
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Dec 9, 2024
5%
SORRY
"My bad ..."
Universal Crossword · Nov 10, 2024
5%
BALD
Incapable of having a bad hair day, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 9, 2024
5%
AGED
__ like milk: looked bad in hindsight
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 4, 2024
5%
IMA
“— bad boy!”
Premier Sunday Crossword · Oct 27, 2024
5%
ABYSMAL
Very bad
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Oct 17, 2024
5%
DONT
"That's a bad idea"
Universal Crossword · Oct 6, 2024
1%
FBI
Letters said while showing a badge
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2026
1%
ASKME
Words on a docent's badge
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 3, 2026
1%
OGRES
Fairy tale baddies
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 10, 2026
1%
DOORS
Opportunities, metaphorically
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 10, 2026
1%
RIG
Fix badly?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 9, 2026
1%
CLAN
Group of badgers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2026
1%
OGRE
Fairy tale baddie
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 10, 2026
1%
ORC
Tolkien baddie
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 29, 2026
1%
NOWIN
Sure to end badly
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 21, 2026
1%
ASEA
Lost, metaphorically
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 19, 2026
1%
SAILOR
Sinbad, for one
Universal Crossword · Feb 23, 2026
1%
SEA
Sinbad's setting
Universal Crossword · Feb 23, 2026
1%
GOSTALE
Age badly, in a way
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 15, 2026
1%
CONCOURSECORRECTION
Remodel of a badly designed airport terminal?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 4, 2026
1%
SASH
Merit badge location
Universal Crossword · Dec 29, 2025
1%
SCOUTS
Merit badge earners
Universal Crossword · Dec 23, 2025
1%
WARM
Like some friendly hugs or firm handshakes
Universal Crossword · Dec 22, 2025
1%
MISNOMER
Thing that's handled badly
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 20, 2025
1%
ACTOUT
Behave badly
Universal Crossword · Dec 6, 2025
1%
MAUL
Injure badly
Universal Crossword · Nov 17, 2025
1%
THIRDRAIL
Topic to avoid, metaphorically
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 28, 2025
1%
CHINA
Asian country that dominates badminton in the Olympics
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 21, 2025
1%
LIONSDEN
Hostile place, metaphorically
Universal Crossword · Oct 5, 2025
1%
TRESPASS
Go badly?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 23, 2025
1%
BSA
Scouts ___ (org. with merit badges)
Universal Crossword · Aug 18, 2025
1%
STRUGGLEBUS
Bumpy ride, metaphorically
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 5, 2025
1%
NORTHSTAR
Guiding principle, metaphorically
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 4, 2025
1%
SCOUT
Merit badge earner
Universal Crossword · Jun 19, 2025
1%
LENS
Perspective, metaphorically
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 30, 2025
1%
NAGSAT
Constantly badgers
Universal Crossword · May 8, 2025
1%
CERA
Michael of "Superbad"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 6, 2025
1%
CHEVRON
V-shaped badge
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Mar 8, 2025
1%
SPITED
Treated badly
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Feb 21, 2025
1%
SPRINGCHICKEN
Young person, metaphorically
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Feb 1, 2025
1%
TOE
Little piggy, metaphorically
Universal Crossword · Jan 28, 2025
1%
LAWMEN
Fellows with badges
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jan 20, 2025
1%
EAGLESCOUT
Earner of 21 merit badges [Tonto]
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jan 19, 2025
1%
ROUT
Beat badly
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jan 19, 2025
1%
ROC
Sinbad’s bird
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Dec 20, 2024
1%
SPORT
Kabbadi, langdi or rugby
Universal Crossword · Dec 15, 2024
1%
TIGHTROPE
Precarious situation, metaphorically
Universal Crossword · Dec 14, 2024
1%
BEDOFROSES
Easy life, metaphorically (In this answer, unscramble letters 2-4)
Universal Crossword · Nov 15, 2024
1%
IDS
Employee badges, e.g., for short
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 21, 2024
1%
HOUSEOFCARDS
Precarious plan, metaphorically
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 21, 2024

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How many possible solutions does "Metaphor for a bad handshake" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 141 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is DEADFISH (8 letters).
What is the best answer for "Metaphor for a bad handshake"?
The best answer for "Metaphor for a bad handshake" is DEADFISH with 8 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "Metaphor for a bad handshake" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in Universal Crossword. It was last seen in the Universal Crossword on September 4, 2022.
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