Muscle twitches

The answer

SPASMS

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPASMS answer page.

Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 7 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.

• TICS (11 uses in xd)

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
• 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
• Involuntary muscle contractions - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• 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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