Painful
The crossword clue "Painful" is answered by SORE, a 4-letter entry. Used 28 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SORE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SORE answer page.
Used 28 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 10 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.
- AGONIZING (1 uses in xd)
- SMARTING (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SORE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SORE, most used first.
- Achy - used 224 times, most recently in 2026
- Ticked off - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
- Miffed - used 87 times, most recently in 2025
- Tender - used 80 times, most recently in 2024
- Aching - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Peeved - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
- Angry - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Hot under the collar - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Feeling achy - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- In need of a massage - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Teed off - used 28 times, most recently in 2017
- Like some losers - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
- Irritated - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Steamed - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- Needing liniment - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
- Holding a grudge - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
- Put out - used 22 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.
- Wild guess - STAB, used 480 times
- Appear - SEEM, used 451 times
- Ooze - SEEP, used 449 times
- "Auld Lang ___" - SYNE, used 447 times
- Withered - SERE, used 400 times
- Location - SITE, used 390 times
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