Be sore
The crossword clue "Be sore" is answered by ACHE, a 4-letter entry. Used 34 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ACHE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACHE answer page.
Used 34 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SEERED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ACHE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ACHE, most used first.
- Dull pain - used 194 times, most recently in 2026
- Feel sore - used 162 times, most recently in 2026
- Massage target - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
- Sore spot - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- Rue the run - used 63 times, most recently in 2025
- Pain - used 59 times, most recently in 2023
- Tylenol target - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Muscle soreness - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Advil target - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Liniment target - used 36 times, most recently in 2022
- Have sore muscles - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Need liniment - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
- Soreness - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Post-workout feeling - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Sore - ACHY, used 179 times
- Eye sore - STYE, used 88 times
- Feeling sore - ACHY, used 27 times
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