Need a massage
The crossword clue "Need a massage" is answered by ACHE, a 4-letter entry. Used 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 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 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 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
- Yearn - used 153 times, most recently in 2026
- Massage target - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
- Sore spot - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- Throb - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Rue the run - used 63 times, most recently in 2025
- Pain - used 59 times, most recently in 2023
- Hurt - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
- Pine - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Tylenol target - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Yearn (for) - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Flu symptom - used 49 times, most recently in 2023
- Muscle soreness - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Long (for) - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
- Yearning - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Long - used 38 times, most recently in 2024
- 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
- Longing - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Aspirin target - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- 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
- Tummy trouble - used 31 times, most recently in 2022
- Post-workout feeling - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Pang - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Ibuprofen target - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Sore feeling - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Charley horse - used 23 times, most recently in 2017
- Masseur's target - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
- Workout woe - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Muscle malady - used 21 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.
- Pressing need - IRON, used 116 times
- Baker's need - OVEN, used 72 times
- Tug-of-war need - ROPE, used 72 times
- Gumbo need - OKRA, used 56 times
- Massage deeply - ROLF, used 41 times
- Etcher's need - ACID, used 40 times
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