The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CRICK , but the solution may also be CRAMP which is one of the most recent solution (2011 in Chronicle of Higher Education).
Muscle ailment crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CRICK | 33 % | 5 |
| SPASM | 33 % | 5 |
| CRAMP | 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
CRICK noun- A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected. (Compare catch.)
- A small jackscrew.
- To develop a crick (cramp, spasm).
- To cause to develop a crick; to create a crick in.
- To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain.
- A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
- A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
- Any turn or winding.
- The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
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 CRICK
- Pain in the neck
- Watson's partner
- Painful spasm
- Neck spasm
- Spasm
- Neck annoyance
- Pain in the neck.
- Muscle ailment.
- Muscle spasm
- Co-discoverer of the contents of the circled letters
More clues leading to the result SPASM
- Burst of emotion
- Crick in the neck, e.g.
- Involuntary contraction
- Leg cramp
- Leg cramp, e.g.
- Sudden contraction
- Big jerk
- Outburst
- Throe
- Twitch