Was in pain
The crossword clue "Was in pain" is answered by ACHED, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ACHED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACHED answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 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.
- SUFFERED (2 uses in xd)
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
- Needed a massage - 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
- 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.
- Was concerned - CARED, used 47 times
- Was out - SLEPT, used 37 times
- Pain relief brand - ALEVE, used 35 times
- Extreme pain - AGONY, used 31 times
- Was under the weather - AILED, used 31 times
- Was bold - DARED, used 30 times
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