A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

EVIL

Tue, 28 Oct '25
The dark side
Tue, 26 Aug '25
Devils' center, appropriately
Thu, 31 Jul '25
Dr. ___ (repeated Mike Myers film role)
Tue, 15 Jul '25
Diabolical
Wed, 16 Apr '25
Morally contemptible
Tue, 1 Apr '25
Word before eye or spirit
Wed, 19 Feb '25
"Most of the ___ in this world is done by people with good intentions": T.S. Eliot
Wed, 18 Dec '24
Satanic
Mon, 19 Aug '24
Anagram and synonym of "vile"
Wed, 27 Mar '24
"Don't be ___" (former Google motto)
Tue, 5 Dec '23
Rotten
Wed, 19 Jul '23
Not good
Mon, 19 Jun '23
Wicked
Sun, 2 Apr '23
Nefarious
Tue, 28 Mar '23
Word with eye or empire
Sun, 12 Mar '23
Not just bad
Thu, 8 Dec '22
Word with twin or grin
Mon, 17 Oct '22
Like a stereotypical fairy-tale stepmother
Tue, 4 Oct '22
Satanic
Mon, 19 Sep '22
___ eye (glare said to bring bad luck)
Wed, 7 Sep '22
Like Thanos in the Marvel universe
Tue, 2 Aug '22
Apt anagram of VILE
Thu, 28 Jul '22
"May the forces of ___ become confused on the way to your house": George Carlin
Fri, 3 Jun '22
It's not good
Fri, 18 Mar '22
Like the more interesting twin, some would say
Mon, 10 Jan '22
Diabolical
Thu, 9 Dec '21
Iniquitous
Thu, 16 Sep '21
Heinous
Tue, 15 Jun '21
Like some twins and grins
Mon, 17 May '21
"Don't be ___" (Google motto)
Tue, 9 Mar '21
Wickedness
Mon, 8 Feb '21
Satan's doings