Bad look

The answer to “Bad look” in the LA Times crossword is SNEER — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the LA Times crossword on August 23, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 92-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Bad look” answer

SNEER (5 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is SNEER.

What does SNEER mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of SNEER is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Bad look” appeared?

LA Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

August 23, 2026 (most recent) → SNEER. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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