More tender to the touch

The answer

SORER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SORER answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SORER

Every other clue in this collection answered by SORER, most used first.

• More achy - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• More tender - used 73 times, most recently in 2026
• More miffed - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• More ticked off - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• More painful - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• More angry - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• More peeved - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• More resentful - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• More steamed - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Achier - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Having more smarts? - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• More sensitive - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• More ticked - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• More upset - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• More in need of a massage - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• More irritated - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
• Once more - AGAIN, used 336 times
• To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• More than enough - AMPLE, used 185 times
• Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times

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