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PAIN

4 letters - 6 clues in this collection

PAIN is a 4-letter crossword answer with 6 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 168 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

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PAIN

PAIN

4Letters
6Clues in collection
168Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for PAIN in this collection

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  • Aspirin target - used 42 times across 19 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Ache - used 31 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • "No ___, no gain" - used 28 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Annoyance - used 24 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Distress. - used 22 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2021
  • Nuisance - used 21 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2026

Related answers

Answers in this collection that start with the same letter, most used first. Browse every answer starting with P.

  • PSST - 4 letters, 1,473 combined xd usages, 23 clues in this collection
  • PLEA - 4 letters, 1,059 combined xd usages, 19 clues in this collection
  • PERT - 4 letters, 807 combined xd usages, 13 clues in this collection
  • PEST - 4 letters, 783 combined xd usages, 8 clues in this collection
  • PEER - 4 letters, 765 combined xd usages, 12 clues in this collection
  • PAPA - 4 letters, 649 combined xd usages, 13 clues in this collection
  • PLAN - 4 letters, 632 combined xd usages, 10 clues in this collection
  • PARE - 4 letters, 619 combined xd usages, 13 clues in this collection

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