Hiccup, for instance
The crossword clue "Hiccup, for instance" is answered by SPASM, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 3 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 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Charley horse, e.g. - used 18 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
- Sudden twitch - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Throe - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
Related clues
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- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
- Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- For the birds? - AVIAN, used 103 times
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