The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CRAMP which also is the latest solution we found used in Chronicle of Higher Education in 2011.
Muscle ailment crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CRAMP | 33 % | 5 |
| CRICK | 33 % | 5 |
| SPASM | 33 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Muscle ailment
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cramp
- crick
- spasm
- ache
- ptosis
- myosis
- acne
- complain
- crud
- disorder
- disorders
- herpes
Crossword Answer definitions
CRAMP noun- A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.
- That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
- A clamp for carpentry or masonry.
- A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.
- (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
- To affect with cramps or spasms.
- To prohibit movement or expression of.
- To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
- To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
- (by extension) To bind together; to unite.
- To form on a cramp.
- Cramped; narrow
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 CRAMP
- Charley horse
- Writer's problem
- Contraction
- Restrain
- Restrict
- Swimming problem
- Muscle woe
- Constrict
- Muscle ailment
- Marathoner's woe
More clues leading to the result CRICK
- Pain in the neck
- Watson's partner
- Painful spasm
- Neck spasm
- Spasm
- Neck annoyance
- Pain in the neck.
- Muscle ailment.
- Muscle spasm
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