Spasm
The crossword clue "Spasm" is answered by TIC, a 3-letter entry. Used 121 times across 39 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 22 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
TIC
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TIC answer page.
Used 121 times across 39 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1945. It appears in 22 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- THROE (37 uses in xd)
- PANG (6 uses in xd)
- TWITCH (4 uses in xd)
- CRICK (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TIC
Every other clue in this pilot answered by TIC, most used first.
- __-tac-toe - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
- Twitch - used 142 times, most recently in 2025
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