Tender places
The crossword clue "Tender places" is answered by SORES, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2004; first recorded in 1972. 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
SORES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SORES answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2004; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 5 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.
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
- Tender areas - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Lesions - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Achy spots - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Painful places - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Saddle or bed woes - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Results of chafing - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Wounds - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Sensitive skin spots - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Salve targets - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- With "eye," public blights - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Perfect places - EDENS, used 136 times
- More tender - SORER, used 73 times
- Places in the heart - ATRIA, used 63 times
- Idyllic places - EDENS, used 45 times
- Places - SITES, used 45 times
- In different places - APART, used 30 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.