Hurts a lot
The crossword clue "Hurts a lot" is answered by SMARTS, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SMARTS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SMARTS answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SMARTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SMARTS, most used first.
- Intelligence - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Stings - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Brainpower - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Common sense - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Know-how - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Intelligence, slangily - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Brains - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Hurts - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Savvy - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Intelligence, informally - used 7 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.
- A whole lot - OODLES, used 14 times
- A lot - OODLES, used 12 times
- Parking lot spots - SPACES, used 8 times
- Loves a lot - ADORES, used 7 times
- Bothers a lot - EATSAT, used 6 times
- They raise a lot of dough - YEASTS, used 6 times
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