Have sore muscles
The crossword clue "Have sore muscles" is answered by ACHE, a 4-letter entry. Used 35 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 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 35 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Be sore - used 34 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.
- Have to have - NEED, used 230 times
- Sore - ACHY, used 179 times
- Must have - NEED, used 172 times
- Have on - WEAR, used 134 times
- Eye sore - STYE, used 88 times
- Have the nerve - DARE, used 88 times
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