The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PANG , but the solution may also be STAB which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Sharp pain crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PANG | 35 % | 4 |
| STAB | 32 % | 4 |
| TWINGE | 15 % | 6 |
| STITCH | 9 % | 6 |
| THROE | 6 % | 5 |
| STING | 3 % | 5 |
Why may STAB be the right solution?
"STAB" is the right answer because a sharp pain can be described as a sudden, piercing sensation, which is similar to the action of stabbing something with a pointed object.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sharp pain
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ache
- agony
- pang
- stitch
- smart
- harrow
- nip
- ern
- smarting
- stroke
- racking
- wound
Crossword Answer definitions
PANG noun- (often in the plural) A paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish; a feeling of sudden and transitory agony; a throe.
- (often in the plural) A sudden sharp feeling of an emotional or mental nature, as of joy or sorrow.
- To cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment, to torture.
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 PANG
- Hungry one's discomfort
- Sudden pain
- Twinge
- Hunger alarm
- Sharp attack
- Sharp pain
- Hunger sign
- Sudden distress
- Gut reaction
- Throe
More clues leading to the result STAB
- Attempt
- Pierce
- Spear
- Wild guess
- Brief attempt
- Grab with a fork
- Make a try at
- Try
- Poke with a pick
- Stick with a shiv, say
More clues leading to the result TWINGE
- Sharp, sudden pain
- Pang
- Emotional pang
- Mental or emotional pang
- Sharp pain
- Sharp stabbing sensation
- Sudden qualm
- Attack of conscience, perhaps
- Bit of emotion
- Emotional pain
More clues leading to the result STITCH
More clues leading to the result THROE
- Paroxysm
- Spasm
- Pang
- Violent spasm
- Painful pang
- It's a pain
- Painful fit
- Singular spasm
- Pang of pain
- Severe pang