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React to a painfully bad pun

Last seen in Universal Crossword October 11, 2023 Answers

Stuck on "React to a painfully bad pun" from the Universal Crossword crossword? This clue was published on October 11, 2023 and we've identified 163 potential answers by searching our collection of crossword solutions. WINCE (5 letters) leads the pack at 99% confidence. See all ranked answers in the table below.

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163 Other Potential Answers

99%
WINCE
React to a painfully bad pun
Universal Crossword · Oct 11, 2023
8%
GROAN
Bad pun reaction
Universal Crossword · Dec 25, 2025
4%
IDIOM
Pretty penny or bad penny
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 5, 2026
4%
MESSY
Like a bad breakup
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 30, 2026
4%
AIL
Feel bad
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 22, 2026
4%
OHSORRY
"Whoops, my bad"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 20, 2026
4%
OHNO
"This is really bad!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 14, 2026
4%
DISCONTENTMILL
Factory that produces bad vibes?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 26, 2026
4%
OOPS
"My bad!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 21, 2026
4%
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
4%
IMSOSORRY
"My bad!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 23, 2026
4%
SOSO
Not bad, not great
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 19, 2026
4%
AGLINING
Upside found periodically in a bad situation?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2026
4%
SPOIL
Go bad
Universal Crossword · Apr 13, 2026
4%
GROANED
Reacted to a bad joke
Universal Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
4%
SEE
"I'm on a ___-food diet" (omnivore's pun)
Universal Crossword · Mar 31, 2026
4%
RUE
Feel bad about
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 29, 2026
4%
THATSWACK
Reaction to something weird and bad
Universal Crossword · Mar 22, 2026
4%
ROTS
Goes bad
Universal Crossword · Mar 9, 2026
4%
IMESSEDUP
"It's my bad"
Universal Crossword · Mar 1, 2026
4%
ONPAPER
Where bad ideas might look better
Universal Crossword · Jan 30, 2026
4%
ILLSEEMYSELFOUT
Comment after a bad joke
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 24, 2026
4%
EVILOMEN
Really bad sign
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 14, 2026
4%
RIPER
Leaving less of a bad taste, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 9, 2026
4%
DENT
Make a bad impression?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 7, 2026
4%
THATSONME
"My bad" ... or a hint to a two-line arrangement within each pair of starred clues' answers
Universal Crossword · Jan 6, 2026
4%
MEH
Not bad enough to pan
Universal Crossword · Jan 2, 2026
4%
KALE
Superfood whose "special power is tasting bad," per Jim Gaffigan
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 27, 2025
4%
DONTJINXIT
"You'll bring us bad luck!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 20, 2025
4%
TOO
"___ bad, so sad"
Universal Crossword · Dec 13, 2025
4%
OOPSY
"My bad!"
Universal Crossword · Dec 10, 2025
4%
SRY
Texter's "My bad"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 8, 2025
4%
THEWAGESOFCYNICS
Compensation for those expecting bad outcomes?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 7, 2025
4%
ONTHEBRIGHTSIDE
"It's not all bad news ...," and what the circled letters in this puzzle literally are?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 2, 2025
4%
STALE
Like many bad jokes
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 22, 2025
4%
CONDO
*They accept bad behavior
Universal Crossword · Nov 21, 2025
4%
ALAS
"Too bad"
Universal Crossword · Nov 14, 2025
4%
SWEAR
Say a bad word
Universal Crossword · Nov 11, 2025
4%
ASS
Suffix that makes "bad" good?
Universal Crossword · Nov 1, 2025
4%
RUES
Feels bad about
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 29, 2025
4%
NOONION
Request from a diner concerned about bad breath
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 28, 2025
4%
ABET
Help a bad actor
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 26, 2025
4%
MEALY
Like a bad apple
Universal Crossword · Oct 24, 2025
4%
MAL
Prefix meaning "bad"
Universal Crossword · Oct 18, 2025
4%
SEEME
Message that might accompany a bad grade
Universal Crossword · Oct 11, 2025
4%
JILTS
Leaves painfully
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 10, 2025
4%
HABIT
You can kick a bad one!
Universal Crossword · Oct 9, 2025
4%
WHATASHAME
"Oh, that's too bad!"
Universal Crossword · Sep 26, 2025
4%
WRONGFOOT
Metaphor for a bad start
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 23, 2025
4%
BOOED
Responded to a bad strike call
Universal Crossword · Sep 18, 2025
4%
EVIL
Very bad
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 7, 2025
4%
UNLEARN
Break, as a bad habit
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 12, 2025
4%
ROT
Go bad
Universal Crossword · Aug 4, 2025
4%
INDOORPOOL
Crawl space protected from bad weather?
Universal Crossword · Aug 3, 2025
4%
STINKAROOS
They're really bad
Universal Crossword · Aug 2, 2025
4%
MOLDY
Like bad bread
Universal Crossword · Jun 14, 2025
4%
ANAGRAM
Debit card for bad credit?
Universal Crossword · May 30, 2025
4%
SNORTED
Showed appreciation for a bad joke, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 26, 2025
4%
AAVE
Dialectical source of "no cap" and "down bad," for short
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 24, 2025
4%
BRIGHTSPOTS
Good things in bad times
Universal Crossword · May 21, 2025
4%
TENSES
Gets ready to hear bad news, maybe
Universal Crossword · Apr 27, 2025
4%
BEARER
___ of bad news
Universal Crossword · Apr 22, 2025
4%
WORST
As bad as can be
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 22, 2025
4%
SIN
Do bad
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 17, 2025
4%
SOSORRY
“My bad!”
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Apr 8, 2025
4%
ERRORS
Stat for a bad defense
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 30, 2025
4%
IAGO
"Othello" bad guy
Universal Crossword · Mar 24, 2025
4%
FORE
Cry from a bad driver?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 16, 2025
4%
UHOH
“This looks very bad”
Premier Sunday Crossword · Mar 9, 2025
4%
GLOAT
Be a bad winner
Universal Crossword · Mar 9, 2025
1%
EDIT
Remove adverbs and add punctuation, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 20, 2026
1%
SPAR
Trade punches
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 11, 2026
1%
FBI
Letters said while showing a badge
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2026
1%
INTERROBANG
Hybrid punctuation mark
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 5, 2026
1%
ASKME
Words on a docent's badge
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 3, 2026
1%
SLUG
Hard punch
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 21, 2026
1%
OGRES
Fairy tale baddies
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 10, 2026
1%
RIG
Fix badly?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 9, 2026
1%
GRIT
Spunk
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 31, 2026
1%
DJED
Spun records
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 19, 2026
1%
CLAN
Group of badgers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 17, 2026
1%
ONETWO
Boxer's punch combo
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 30, 2026
1%
COLON
Ratio punctuation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 10, 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%
JAB
Quick punch
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 18, 2026
1%
JABS
Quick punches
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 28, 2026
1%
POLED
Propelled, as a punt
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 10, 2026
1%
INERT
Not reactive
Universal Crossword · Mar 30, 2026
1%
EPIPEN
Device for a severe allergic reaction
Universal Crossword · Mar 25, 2026
1%
TIP
What might be requested after an iPad is spun around
Universal Crossword · Mar 24, 2026
1%
DOUBLETAKE
Delayed reaction to a surprise ... and what can precede the two words in each starred clue's answer?
Universal Crossword · Mar 23, 2026
1%
NOBLE
Type of gas that's very unreactive
Universal Crossword · Mar 11, 2026
1%
NCIS
Procedural that spun off from "JAG"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 4, 2026
1%
SEA
Sinbad's setting
Universal Crossword · Feb 23, 2026
1%
SAILOR
Sinbad, for one
Universal Crossword · Feb 23, 2026
1%
GASPS
Shocked reactions
Universal Crossword · Feb 22, 2026
1%
ION
Product of a redox reaction
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 19, 2026
1%
AWLS
Hide punchers
Universal Crossword · Feb 15, 2026
1%
EYES
Emoji reaction to a hot take
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 14, 2026
1%
OOF
"That punch hurt!"
Universal Crossword · Feb 2, 2026
1%
DRAMALLAMA
Person prone to overreacting
Universal Crossword · Jan 18, 2026
1%
GOSTALE
Age badly, in a way
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 15, 2026
1%
GLAD
Pleased as punch
Universal Crossword · Jan 14, 2026
1%
DAMNS
Sends to eternal punishment
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 14, 2026
1%
CONCOURSECORRECTION
Remodel of a badly designed airport terminal?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 4, 2026
1%
PLAYINGFORTIME
Intentionally delaying, or a punny title for this puzzle?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 31, 2025
1%
TONSOFFUN
Eliciting a "Yippee!" reaction
Universal Crossword · Dec 29, 2025
1%
SASH
Merit badge location
Universal Crossword · Dec 29, 2025
1%
SCAPE
Garlic __: pungent stalk
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 28, 2025
1%
SKA
__ punk: "Tragic Kingdom" genre
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 27, 2025
1%
SCOUTS
Merit badge earners
Universal Crossword · Dec 23, 2025
1%
GOSCOTFREE
Get away with no punishment
Universal Crossword · Dec 21, 2025
1%
MISNOMER
Thing that's handled badly
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 20, 2025
1%
LEFTJAB
Certain punch
Universal Crossword · Dec 16, 2025
1%
BOWL
Word after "poke" or "punch"
Universal Crossword · Dec 14, 2025
1%
ACTOUT
Behave badly
Universal Crossword · Dec 6, 2025
1%
BAIT
Try to get a reaction out of
Universal Crossword · Dec 4, 2025
1%
ONIONY
Like some pungent dips
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 25, 2025
1%
GOTHOTGOTHOT
Post-punk sudden death period became extremely exciting?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 21, 2025
1%
MAUL
Injure badly
Universal Crossword · Nov 17, 2025
1%
LATETO
Not punctual for
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 17, 2025
1%
AWL
Leather punch
Universal Crossword · Nov 7, 2025
1%
DEEJAYED
Spun records
Universal Crossword · Nov 5, 2025
1%
CHINA
Asian country that dominates badminton in the Olympics
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 21, 2025
1%
RASH
Poison ivy reaction
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 6, 2025
1%
PINHOLE
Small puncture
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 24, 2025
1%
TEAR
Rapunzel's magical drop
Universal Crossword · Sep 15, 2025
1%
GOUDA
Cheese in "good" puns?
Universal Crossword · Aug 27, 2025
1%
EMDASH
Long punctuation mark
Universal Crossword · Aug 25, 2025
1%
LOKI
Trickster god who was bound to a rock as punishment
Universal Crossword · Aug 24, 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%
NOTV
Child's punishment, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2025
1%
BADPUNS
"Acupuncture is a jab well done" et al.
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 12, 2025
1%
BEDTIMESTORY
Tale spun before lights-out
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 23, 2025
1%
KNEE
___-jerk reaction
Universal Crossword · Jun 29, 2025
1%
GOTH
Post-punk genre associated with a dark and gloomy style
Universal Crossword · Jun 27, 2025
1%
SCOUT
Merit badge earner
Universal Crossword · Jun 19, 2025
1%
ALTEREDCARBON
*Cyberpunk novel where minds outlive bodies
Universal Crossword · Jun 11, 2025
1%
TAI
Mai ___ the Knot (punny rhyming cocktail at a wedding reception)
Universal Crossword · Jun 8, 2025
1%
ITCH
Rash reaction?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 30, 2025
1%
HIDDENCOMIC
Quiet type with unexpected punchlines?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 25, 2025
1%
RAMONE
Dee Dee of punk rock
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 12, 2025
1%
VAVAVOOM
Lusty reaction
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 11, 2025
1%
IMDEAD
Joke reaction that might be shortened to a skull emoji
Universal Crossword · May 10, 2025
1%
NAGSAT
Constantly badgers
Universal Crossword · May 8, 2025
1%
SPITTAKE
Comedic reaction involving a sprayed drink
Universal Crossword · Apr 27, 2025
1%
LETDOWNYOURHAIR
*Call to Rapunzel
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 23, 2025
1%
RIOTGRRRL
Underground feminist punk movement
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 19, 2025
1%
ASLAPONTHEWRIST
Light punishment
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 16, 2025
1%
ROCKCLIMBER
Athlete who might have a "belayed" reaction, and what 3-, 5-, 9-, and 30-Down each contain?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 16, 2025
1%
EGGSAC
Pouch spun by a spider
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 15, 2025
1%
CHATTERATI
Class of talking heads and pundits
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 12, 2025
1%
CERA
Michael of "Superbad"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 6, 2025
1%
MOXIE
Spunk
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 28, 2025
1%
REDOX
Kind of reaction that causes a banana to brown
Universal Crossword · Mar 25, 2025
1%
APPLEBLOSSOM
A spunky teenage girl works as an intern in Silicon Valley?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 23, 2025
1%
EYEROLL
Dad joke reaction, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 16, 2025
1%
OTIS
___ Spunkmeyer muffins
Universal Crossword · Mar 14, 2025
1%
EMO
Offshoot of punk
Universal Crossword · Mar 12, 2025
1%
CHEVRON
V-shaped badge
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Mar 8, 2025

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How many possible solutions does "React to a painfully bad pun" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 163 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is WINCE (5 letters).
What is the best answer for "React to a painfully bad pun"?
The best answer for "React to a painfully bad pun" is WINCE with 5 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
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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 October 11, 2023.
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