Charley horse, e.g.
The crossword clue "Charley horse, e.g." is answered by SPASM, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPASM
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPASM answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 9 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.
- LEGCRAMP (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SPASM
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPASM, most used first.
- Twitch - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Tic - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Muscle twitch - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Jerk - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Muscle contraction - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Involuntary movement - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Involuntary twitch - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Burst of activity - used 17 times, most recently in 2019
- Involuntary contraction - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Burst of energy - used 16 times, most recently in 2017
- Involuntary muscle contraction - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Muscle twinge - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Muscular jerk - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Hiccup cause - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Sudden contraction - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Involuntary muscle movement - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Sudden muscle contraction - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Contraction - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Fit - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Involuntary jerk - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Muscle jerk - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Paroxysm - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Muscle woe - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Muscle problem - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Sudden burst of activity. - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
- Sudden spell of activity - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Twitch or tic - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Writer's cramp, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Burst - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Hiccup, for instance - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Sudden twitch - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Throe - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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