Feeling achy

The answer

SORE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SORE answer page.

Used 34 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SORE

Every other clue in this collection answered by SORE, most used first.

• Achy - used 224 times, most recently in 2026
• Ticked off - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
• Miffed - used 87 times, most recently in 2025
• Tender - used 80 times, most recently in 2024
• Aching - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Peeved - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Angry - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Hot under the collar - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• In need of a massage - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Painful - used 28 times, most recently in 2012
• Teed off - used 28 times, most recently in 2017
• Like some losers - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
• Irritated - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Steamed - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
• Needing liniment - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
• Holding a grudge - used 22 times, most recently in 2021
• Put out - used 22 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Feeling no pain - NUMB, used 38 times
• Jealous feeling - ENVY, used 35 times
• Feeling of hunger - PANG, used 33 times
• Post-workout feeling - ACHE, used 29 times
• Feeling sore - ACHY, used 27 times
• Optimistic feeling - HOPE, used 27 times

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