Involuntary jerks
The crossword clue "Involuntary jerks" is answered by SPASMS, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPASMS answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SPASMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPASMS, most used first.
- Twitches - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Jerks - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Muscle twitches - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Bursts of energy - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Involuntary movements - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Muscle contractions - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Cramps, e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Tics - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Hiccups, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Involuntary muscle contractions - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Sudden contractions - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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