Hunger pains
The crossword clue "Hunger pains" is answered by PANGS, a 5-letter entry. Used 17 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1985. 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
PANGS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PANGS answer page.
Used 17 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PANGS
Every other clue in this collection answered by PANGS, most used first.
- Feelings of hunger - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Hunger signals - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Twinges - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Feelings of guilt - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Signs of hunger - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Throes - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
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.
- Hunger for - CRAVE, used 43 times
- Pains in the neck - PESTS, used 26 times
- Dull pains - ACHES, used 19 times
- ___ and pains - ACHES, used 17 times
- Royal pains - PESTS, used 16 times
- Joanna of "Growing Pains" - KERNS, used 10 times
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