Crossword-Solution: SPOIL 5 letters, 190 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

Dictionary

Word	Word Type	Definition
Spoil	v. t.	To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.
Spoil	v. t.	To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
Spoil	v. t.	To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.
Spoil	v. t.	To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.
Spoil	v. i.	To practice plunder or robbery.
Spoil	v. i.	To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.
Spoil	n.	That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
Spoil	n.	Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the spoils.
Spoil	n.	That which is gained by strength or effort.
Spoil	n.	The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.
Spoil	n.	Corruption; cause of corruption.
Spoil	n.	The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.

Anagrams

Word		Anagrams
SPOIL	anagram	LIPOS, LIPSO, POILS, POLIS, PSILO

We have 190 clues for the answer “SPOIL”

Clue	Answers
" . . . ___ the child"	1 answer
"... and __ the child"	1 answer
"I Don't Want to ___ the Party" (the B-side of "Eight Days a Week")	1 answer
Act the doting grandparent	1 answer
Affect detrimentally	1 answer
Be a killjoy	1 answer
Be overindulgent	1 answer
Be tainted	1 answer
Be too good to	1 answer
Create a brat, say	1 answer
Dote on excessively	1 answer
Dote on too much	1 answer
Fail to discipline	1 answer
Get moldy	1 answer
Give away its final twist, say	1 answer
Give away the ending	1 answer
Give away, as a movie ending	1 answer
Give away, as a story's ending	1 answer
Give away, as with a twist ending	1 answer
Give out too soon	1 answer
Go bad, as perishables	1 answer
Go past an expiration date	1 answer
Go sour, say	1 answer
Grow moldy	1 answer
Harmfully indulge.	1 answer
Impair seriously.	1 answer
Impair the enjoyment of.	1 answer
Impair the value of.	1 answer
Overindulge, as kids	1 answer
Overpamper	1 answer
Pamper to excess	1 answer
Pamper too much	1 answer
Pamper, as a child	1 answer
Rain on a parade	1 answer
Reveal, as a plot twist	1 answer
Ruin the ending of	1 answer
Ruin, as a surprise	1 answer
Ruin, as an ending	1 answer
Ruin, as fun	1 answer
Ruin, as one's dinner	1 answer
Ruin, as the end of a movie	1 answer
Share, as a plot?	1 answer
Shower with too many gifts, say	1 answer
Sour, as milk	1 answer
Spare the rod	1 answer
Spare the rod, ___ the child	1 answer
Throw a wet blanket on	1 answer
Treat overindulgently	1 answer
Treat too well	1 answer
Turn into a brat?	1 answer

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Hint 1 meaning

One who, or that which, eats.

Hint 2 anagram

TAERE

Hint 3 another clue

greedy person

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Sentences with SPOIL (5)

When he returned home after a good day’s sport, he always gave the Housedog a large share of his spoil.

Aesop’s Fables Aesop 2000

Emil stopped at five-feet-five, declaring that he would spoil his appetite for supper if he jumped any more.

O Pioneers! Willa Cather 1991

Show us the trail, and I’ll attend thee too, That, if thou hast the maidens hereabouts, Thou mayest thyself discover them to me; But if thy guards outstrip us with their spoil, We may draw rein; for others speed, from whom They will not ’scape to thank the gods at home.

The Oedipus Trilogy Sophocles 2000

Says he’ll explain when he comes.” “It seems a pity to let the dinner spoil,” said the Editor of a well-known daily paper; and thereupon the Doctor rang the bell.

The Time Machine H. G. Wells 1992

Truth to say, he was a conscientious man, and ever bore in mind the golden maxim, “Spare the rod and spoil the child.” Ichabod Crane’s scholars certainly were not spoiled.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving 1992

Quotes with SPOIL (3)

That dress…was a very, very good decision. I could write an entire poem on the virtues of your legs alone. You are a feast for the senses.” I laughed. “I don’t know about a feast. Maybe just an hors d'oeuvre.” He took my hand and wrapped it around his arm. “Not an hors d'oeuvre. The dessert. And I plan to spoil my appetite.

Colleen Houck

I look up to say something but he puts his finger to my lips and whispers, “Don’t talk. You’ll just spoil my fantasy of rescuing an innocent damsel in distress as soon as you open your mouth.

Susan Ee World After

[Calvin, who has the chicken pox, calls Susie on the telephone.] Susie: Hello? Calvin: Hi, Susie! It's me, Calvin! I was wondering if you'd like to come over and play. Susie: Why, sure! Boy, I don't think you've ever invited me to... Calvin's Mom: Calvin, what are you doing? Calvin: Nothing, Mom. Go away. Calvin's Mom: You're contagious! You can't have anyone over to play! Calvin: Shhhh! Shhhh! You'll spoil the whole thing! I was going to trick Susie into catching... HEY! OW!…

Bill Watterson

Where this answer appears

Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 201 times in crossword archives (1952–2025).