The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ACHE , but the solution may also be STUNG which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Hurt crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ACHE | 23 % | 4 |
| ACHED | 22 % | 5 |
| PAIN | 8 % | 4 |
| AIL | 6 % | 3 |
| HARM | 5 % | 4 |
| HARMED | 5 % | 6 |
| SMARTED | 5 % | 7 |
| PAINED | 4 % | 6 |
| INJURE | 3 % | 6 |
| SMART | 3 % | 5 |
| AILED | 3 % | 5 |
| MAR | 2 % | 3 |
| INJURED | 2 % | 7 |
| DAMAGE | 2 % | 6 |
| WOUNDED | 1 % | 7 |
| MAIM | 1 % | 4 |
| DAMAGED | 1 % | 7 |
| IMPAIR | 1 % | 6 |
| LESION | 1 % | 6 |
| STUNG | 1 % | 5 |
| SORE | 1 % | 4 |
| STING | 1 % | 5 |
Why may PAINED be the right solution?
The answer to "Hurt" is "PAINED" because it means to experience physical or emotional distress.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hurt
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- harm
- ache
- injure
- damage
- trauma
- injury
- pain
- scathe
- damaged
- wounded
- suffering
- anguish
Crossword Answer definitions
ACHE noun- Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain.
- To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
- To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
- Parsley
- The name of the Latin-script letter H.
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 ACHE
- Head starter
- Charley horse
- Dull pain
- Head ailment
- Pain in the neck
- Pine
- Sore point
- Sore spot
- Tummy trouble
- Yearn
More clues leading to the result ACHED
- Hankered for
- Needed liniment
- Felt bad
- Felt (for)
- Burned
- Felt the effects of a workout, say
- Yearned
- Needed a good rubdown
- Needed to visit a masseur
- Hurt
More clues leading to the result PAIN
- Agony
- Pesky kid
- Soreness
- Advil target
- "No ___, no gain"
- Pesky kid, e.g.
- Gain prerequisite
- Annoyance
- Obnoxious brat
- World of hurt
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
More clues leading to the result HARM
- Cause damage to
- Do violence to
- Wrong
- "No ___, no foul"
- Damage
- Injure
- Do damage
- Hippocratic Oath word
- Injury
- Impair
More clues leading to the result HARMED
More clues leading to the result SMARTED
- Hurt
- Was painful
- Stung
- Endured punishment.
- Stung.
- Caused a stinging pain.
- Felt acutely remorseful.
- Felt pain
- Really hurt
More clues leading to the result PAINED
- Showing anguish
- Expressing anguish
- Like a wincer's expression
- Anguished
- Hurt
- Like a wince
- In distress
- Showing distress
- Showing discomfort, as a look
- Distressed
More clues leading to the result INJURE
More clues leading to the result SMART
- 99's husband, on '60s TV
- Kind of cookie
- Sting
- Maxwell ___ (Agent 86)
- Witty
- He was in control
- Stylish
- Chic
- Nattily dressed
- Kind of money
More clues leading to the result AILED
- Had health problems
- Took sick
- Felt bad
- Felt poorly
- Felt sick
- Was under the weather
- Had the blahs
- Felt shitty
- Was unwell
- Afflicted
More clues leading to the result MAR
More clues leading to the result INJURED
More clues leading to the result DAMAGE
- Cause harm to
- Reason for a refund
- Tarnish
- Mess up
- Do a job on
- Harm
- What insurance covers
- "What's the ___?" (buyer's query)
- Crumpled fender, for example
- Cost, slangily
More clues leading to the result WOUNDED
More clues leading to the result MAIM
- Disfigure
- Injure
- More than hurt
- Cripple and then some
- Hurt and disable
- Lacerate, e.g.
- Hobble
- Badly wound
- Hurt badly
- Mutilate
More clues leading to the result DAMAGED
- Marred
- Vandalized
- Marked down, perhaps
- Broken
- Did a bang-up job on?
- Flawed
- Like some returned merchandise
- Vandalized.
- Condition of Don Quixote's lance.
- Impaired.
More clues leading to the result IMPAIR
- Diminish
- Render dysfunctional
- Do damage to
- Weaken
- Damage
- Make worse
- Injure
- Diminish, as ability
- Hamper
- Get in the way of
More clues leading to the result LESION
More clues leading to the result STUNG
- Attacked by jellyfish
- Conned
- Taken aback
- Bitten by a bug
- Made smart?
- Insulted
- Wounded by a wasp
- Attacked, bee-style
- Overcharged
- Smarted
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