Needed a doctor
The crossword clue "Needed a doctor" is answered by AILED, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AILED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AILED answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AILED
Every other clue in this collection answered by AILED, most used first.
- Felt poorly - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Was under the weather - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Had a bug - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- Wasn't well - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- Felt sick - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Felt unwell - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Troubled - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
- Was sick - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Was unwell - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Felt bad - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Felt under the weather - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Suffered - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Felt crummy - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Was indisposed - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Felt ill - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Didn't feel well - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Felt off - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Had the flu - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
- Wasn't feeling well - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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.
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- "__ Theme" ("Doctor Zhivago" tune) - LARAS, used 21 times
- Doctor - TREAT, used 17 times
- Children's doctor? - SEUSS, used 16 times
- Needed a massage - ACHED, used 14 times
- "Star Trek" doctor - MCCOY, used 13 times
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