Spoiled

The answer to “Spoiled” in the The Washington Post crossword is MARRED — a 6-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post crossword on August 30, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 81-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.

“Spoiled” answer

MARRED (6 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 MARRED.

What does MARRED mean?

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

When else has “Spoiled” appeared?

The Washington Post 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 30, 2026 (most recent) → MARRED. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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