Needed a massage

The answer

ACHED

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACHED answer page.

Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ACHED

Every other clue in this collection answered by ACHED, most used first.

• Felt sore - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Yearned - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
• Was sore - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Hurt - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
• Needed liniment - used 30 times, most recently in 2017
• Had sore muscles - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Longed - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Throbbed - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Had longings - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Pined - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Longed (for) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Yearned (for) - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Felt bad - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Felt pain - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Had a yearning - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Had a yen - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Suffered - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Was in pain - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Needed aspirin - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Massage - KNEAD, used 64 times
• Massage targets - ACHES, used 39 times
• Massage target - SCALP, used 14 times
• Needs a massage - ACHES, used 14 times
• Head massage target - SCALP, used 11 times
• Needed a doctor - AILED, used 10 times

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