Prom night woe

The answer

ACNE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACNE answer page.

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ACNE

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

• Clearasil target - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Teen's woe - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Skin woe - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Proactiv target - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Teen woe - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Skin breakout - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Skin problem - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Teen spots? - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Skin condition - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Zits - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Stridex target - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Case for a dermatologist - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Unpopular spots - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Dermatologist's concern - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Teen affliction - used 17 times, most recently in 2015
• Adolescent affliction - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Dermatologist's case - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• High school breakout - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Pimples - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Benzoyl peroxide target - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Teen trouble - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Dermatology subject - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Teen trauma - used 13 times, most recently in 2004
• Teen's skin woe - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Unwanted spots - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Salicylic acid target - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Skin affliction. - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Common skin condition - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Bad spots - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Complexion woe - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Face defacer - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Skin trouble - used 10 times, most recently in 1997
• Teen problem - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• Teen tribulation - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Adolescent outbreak - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Pimples on pupils - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Teen bane - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Accutane target - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Breakout at high school - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Facial breakout - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Skin blemish - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Teen breakout - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Teen outbreak - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Teen's bane - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Troubling spots - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Unwanted breakout - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Annoying spots - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Bad marks - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Complexion affliction - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Complexion condition - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Condition treated by a dermatologist - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Dermatology case - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Retin-A treats it - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Teen's torment - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Teenager's woe - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Undesirable spots - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Adolescent woe - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Adolescent's outbreak - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Facial outbreak - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Facial woe - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Oxy target - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Spots for teens? - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Teen's facial woe - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Teenage problem that breaks out - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Unpopular teenage spots - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• What Proactiv treats - 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.

• "Woe is me!" - ALAS, used 255 times
• "___ the night before Christmas ..." - TWAS, used 151 times
• Word of woe - ALAS, used 143 times
• Eyelid woe - STYE, used 131 times
• "Night" author Wiesel - ELIE, used 130 times
• "Woe ___!" - ISME, used 122 times

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