Tender areas
The crossword clue "Tender areas" is answered by SORES, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SORES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SORES answer page.
Used 22 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SORES
Every other clue in this collection answered by SORES, most used first.
- Tender spots - used 103 times, most recently in 2026
- Sensitive spots - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Painful spots - used 25 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.
- Church areas - APSES, used 93 times
- More tender - SORER, used 73 times
- Airport areas - GATES, used 33 times
- Church areas - NAVES, used 31 times
- Tender - OFFER, used 23 times
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