Common ailment
The crossword clue "Common ailment" is answered by COLD, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1998. 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
COLD
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COLD answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 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.
- SPRINGFEVER (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for COLD
Every other clue in this collection answered by COLD, most used first.
- Chilly - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Frigid - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Unfriendly - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Wintry - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Unfeeling - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Far from friendly - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Freezing - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Shivery - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Like gazpacho - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Common street name - MAIN, used 55 times
- Common French verb - ETRE, used 49 times
- Common Latin abbr. - ETAL, used 34 times
- Common conjunctions - ANDS, used 31 times
- Common contraction - ISNT, used 29 times
- Common metal - IRON, used 29 times
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