The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word AIL , but the solution may also be ACHE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Be hurting crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AIL | 50 % | 3 |
| ACHE | 50 % | 4 |
Why may ACHE be the right solution?
The word "ache" means to experience a dull pain, which fits the clue "be hurting."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Be hurting
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ache
- pain
- suffer
- suffering
- tortured
- smoke
- torment
- pathos
- cruciate
- ordeal
- pine
- torturing
Crossword Answer definitions
AIL noun- An ailment; trouble; illness.
- To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.)
- To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled.
- Painful; troublesome.
- The awn of barley or other types of corn.
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 AIL
- Be sick
- Feel bad
- Feel lousy
- Feel malaise
- Have a bug
- Have it bad
- Have the blahs
- Have the miseries
- Be a bit off
- Be out of sorts