Skin woe
The crossword clue "Skin woe" is answered by ACNE, a 4-letter entry. Used 39 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ACNE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACNE answer page.
Used 39 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 9 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.
- TINEA (3 uses in xd)
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
- 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
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
- Skin opening - PORE, used 194 times
- Skin soother - ALOE, used 170 times
- Word of woe - ALAS, used 143 times
- Eyelid woe - STYE, used 131 times
- "Woe ___!" - ISME, used 122 times
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