Afflict

The answer

AIL

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AIL answer page.

Used 63 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 15 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.

• TRY (10 uses in xd)
• SMITE (4 uses in xd)
• RACK (2 uses in xd)
• GRIEVE (1 uses in xd)
• HURT (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for AIL

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

• Have a bug - used 201 times, most recently in 2026
• Feel poorly - used 185 times, most recently in 2026
• Suffer - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
• Be under the weather - used 118 times, most recently in 2026
• Be sick - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• Feel unwell - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Feel sick - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• Feel crummy - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Feel bad - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Feel lousy - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Feel under the weather - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Be unwell - used 48 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.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• Exist - ARE, used 858 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• ___ Lingus - AER, used 730 times
• Fuss - ADO, used 644 times
• Fitting - APT, used 551 times

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