Ache
The crossword clue "Ache" is answered by YEARN, a 5-letter entry. Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
YEARN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YEARN answer page.
Used 20 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for YEARN
Every other clue in this collection answered by YEARN, most used first.
- Long (for) - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Long - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Pine - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Pine (for) - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Hanker - used 25 times, most recently in 2019
- Have a hankering - used 22 times, most recently in 2019
- Have a longing - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Ache (for) - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Hanker (for) - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Thirst (for) - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Be deeply moved. - used 7 times, most recently in 1966
- Be filled with longing - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Long wistfully - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Hunger (for) - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
Related clues
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- Busybody - YENTA, used 132 times
- Affirmatives - YESES, used 108 times
- Kind of question - YESNO, used 64 times
- 1945 conference site - YALTA, used 62 times
- Irish poet - YEATS, used 56 times
- Approvals - YESES, used 53 times
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