Involuntary muscle contractions
The crossword clue "Involuntary muscle contractions" is answered by SPASMS, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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SPASMS
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Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; 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 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 jerks - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Sudden contractions - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Stretching muscle - TENSOR, used 29 times
- Muscle-bone connector - TENDON, used 24 times
- Muscle connector - TENDON, used 17 times
- Chevy muscle car - CAMARO, used 16 times
- Muscle spasm - TWITCH, used 11 times
- Tightening muscle - TENSOR, used 10 times
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