Ankle injury
The crossword clue "Ankle injury" is answered by SPRAIN, a 6-letter entry. Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPRAIN
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPRAIN answer page.
Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1974. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SPRAIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPRAIN, most used first.
- Wrench - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Ankle mishap - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Ankle woe - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Psychological injury - TRAUMA, used 18 times
- Injury - LESION, used 16 times
- Of the ankle - TARSAL, used 16 times
- Ankle-related - TARSAL, used 14 times
- Minor injury - SCRAPE, used 13 times
- Ankle bone - TARSAL, used 9 times
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