Pains' partners
The crossword clue "Pains' partners" is answered by ACHES, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ACHES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACHES answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ACHES
Every other clue in this collection answered by ACHES, most used first.
- Feels sore - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Massage targets - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Yearns - used 32 times, most recently in 2021
- Flu symptoms - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
- Sore spots - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Dull pains - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Has sore muscles - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ and pains - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Is sore - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Pains' partner - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
- Liniment targets - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Post-workout woes - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Aspirin targets - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Needs a massage - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Pines - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Yearns (for) - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Throbs - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Tylenol targets - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Workout reminders - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Hurts - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Charley horses - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Has a yen - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Ibuprofen targets - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Masseur's targets - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Needs liniment - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Yearns painfully - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Muscle maladies - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Pains - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Pines (for) - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Smarts - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Yearnings - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Partners - MATES, used 33 times
- Papas' partners - MAMAS, used 23 times
- Bounds' partners - LEAPS, used 9 times
- Nuts' partners - BOLTS, used 7 times
- Rods' partners - REELS, used 7 times
- Radii partners - ULNAE, used 6 times
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