The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word WOE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2017.
Affliction crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WOE | 36 % | 3 |
| MALADY | 21 % | 6 |
| ILLNESS | 13 % | 7 |
| ILL | 5 % | 3 |
| DISEASE | 5 % | 7 |
| SCOURGE | 5 % | 7 |
| TRIAL | 3 % | 5 |
| GRIEF | 3 % | 5 |
| AILMENT | 3 % | 7 |
| SORE | 3 % | 4 |
| BANE | 3 % | 4 |
| CURSE | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Affliction
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pain
- suffering
- scourge
- distress
- grief
- bereavement
- trouble
- woe
- misery
- sorrow
- sickness
- illness
Crossword Answer definitions
WOE noun- Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.
- Calamity, trouble.
- A curse; a malediction.
- Woeful; sorrowful
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result WOE
- "__ is me!
- Hand-wringer's word
- Misfortune
- Deep distress
- Heartache
- Wednesday's child is full of it
- Grief
- Blue state?
- Misery
- Ailment
More clues leading to the result MALADY
- Ailment
- Something troubling
- Chronic disorder
- Constellation of symptoms, say
- Chronic ailment
- Disorder
- Serious ailment
- Affliction
- Illness
- Unwholesome situation
More clues leading to the result ILLNESS
- Cause of absence
- Shingles, e.g.
- Health problem
- One cause of absence
- Malady
- Affliction
- Reason to miss work
- The flu, for one
- Epidemiologist's concern
- Complaint
More clues leading to the result ILL
- "__ Never Smile Again"
- Laid up
- Out of sorts
- Under the weather
- Feeling poorly
- Not healthy
- Not well
- Sick
- Ailing
- Hardly healthy
More clues leading to the result DISEASE
- WHO knows about it
- Part of CDC
- Malady
- It may prompt a quarantine
- Epidemiologist's focus
- Affliction
- Epidemiology concern
- CDC member?
- Enemy of men in white
- Evil state of affairs.
More clues leading to the result SCOURGE
- Source of widespread destruction
- Widespread bane
- Attila, to his enemies
- Whip
- Attila, "The ___ of God"
- Attila, to God?
- Calamity cause
- Source of devastation
- Plague
- Bane
More clues leading to the result TRIAL
- Error's mate
- Experiment
- Hearing
- Lawyer's gig
- Scopes was a famous one
- "My Cousin Vinny" event
- Free period for a product
- It may go through a peer-review process
- ___ offer
- Error's partner
More clues leading to the result GRIEF
- "Good __!" ("Peanuts" phrase)
- Mourners' emotion
- "Good __!"
- A good ribbing
- Heartbreak
- "Good __, Charlie Brown!"
- "Good ___!" ("Peanuts" exclamation)
- "Good ___!"
- Heartache
- See 86 Across
More clues leading to the result AILMENT
- Disorder
- Malady
- Affliction
- Cold, for one
- Reason to complain
- Bug
- Complaint
- Minor disorder
- Minor malady
- Cold, e.g.
More clues leading to the result SORE
- Aching
- Hot under the collar
- Saddle ____ (equestrian's woe)
- Ticked
- Ticked off
- Inflamed and painful
- Painful place
- Steamed
- Tender
- Touchy
More clues leading to the result BANE
- Deadly poison
- Ruination
- Thorn in one's side
- Canker
- Cause of ruination
- Curse
- Opposite of 5D
- Source of ruin
- Ruin
- Bête noire