The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ACHY , but the solution may also be MAD which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Sore crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ACHY | 47 % | 4 |
| ACHING | 10 % | 6 |
| MAD | 9 % | 3 |
| IRATE | 6 % | 5 |
| TENDER | 5 % | 6 |
| STEAMED | 4 % | 7 |
| IRKED | 3 % | 5 |
| ANGRY | 3 % | 5 |
| IRED | 2 % | 4 |
| RILED | 2 % | 5 |
| INASNIT | 1 % | 7 |
| UPSET | 1 % | 5 |
| FITTOBETIED | 1 % | 11 |
| RAW | 1 % | 3 |
| CANKER | 1 % | 6 |
| ANNOYED | 1 % | 7 |
| IRRITATED | 1 % | 9 |
| ABRASION | 1 % | 8 |
| NETTLED | 1 % | 7 |
| PAINFUL | 1 % | 7 |
| VEXED | 1 % | 5 |
| ULCER | 1 % | 5 |
| PEEVED | 1 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sore
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- painful
- angry
- tender
- unhealthy
- mad
- sensitive
- unpleasant
- raw
- huffy
- afflictive
- achy
- aching
Crossword Answer definitions
ACHY adjective- Suffering from aches, sore.
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 ACHY
- "___ Breaky Heart"
- In need of liniment
- Sore
- Sore all over
- In need of a massage, say
- Feeling sore
- Feeling fluish
- Needing liniment
- A bit sore
- Tired and sore
More clues leading to the result ACHING
- In pain
- Feeling sore
- Hurting
- Ruing the aerobics
- Sore from a workout
- Sore
- Like broken hearts
- Yearning
- Nostalgic
- In need of aspirin
More clues leading to the result MAD
- "__ Dogs and Englishmen"
- Alfred E. Neuman's mag
- Alfred E. Neuman's magazine
- Frenzied
- Like a wet hen
- Magazine since 1952
- Ready for commitment?
- "Cracked" competitor
- "Hatter's" mental state?
- Batty
More clues leading to the result IRATE
- Angry
- Boiling mad
- Fuming
- Furious
- Mad as a wet hen
- Mad as heck
- Ticked off
- In a dither
- In a pique
- More than sore
More clues leading to the result TENDER
- Softhearted
- Presley's "Love Me __"
- Submit
- Sore
- Like filet mignon
- Easily chewed
- It may be legal
- Easily sliced
- Loving
- Soft or gentle
More clues leading to the result STEAMED
- Prepared veggies
- Hot under the collar
- In high dudgeon
- Irate
- Boiling mad
- One way to serve clams
- Cooked, as tamales
- Sore
- Prepared clams, maybe
- Like the milk in cappuccino
More clues leading to the result IRKED
More clues leading to the result ANGRY
More clues leading to the result IRED
- Fed up with
- Seething
- Vexed
- Aroused one's wrath
- Burned up
- Plenty mad
- Riled up
- Ruffled one's feathers
- Sore
- Raised the hackles of
More clues leading to the result RILED
- Stirred up
- Worked up
- Disgruntled
- Mad
- All worked up
- Incited to anger
- Bugged or vexed
- All het up
- Ticked off
- Much provoked
More clues leading to the result INASNIT
More clues leading to the result UPSET
- Capsize
- In an agitated state
- Knock over
- 100-to-1 underdog's victory
- Out of sorts
- Unexpected victory
- Overturn
- Sports surprise
- Tip over
- Churning
More clues leading to the result FITTOBETIED
- Like an angry escape artist?
- Really mad
- Extremely irate
- SORE
- Frustrated to the max
- In a rage
- Furious
- Angry
- Hopping mad
- Ready for the roundup.
More clues leading to the result RAW
- Fish for sushi
- Fresh
- Like sashimi
- Rarer than rare
- Inflamed
- Like some bars
- Like sushi
- Not cooked
- Unrefined
- Wet behind the ears
More clues leading to the result CANKER
More clues leading to the result ANNOYED
More clues leading to the result IRRITATED
More clues leading to the result ABRASION
- Scrape
- Neosporin target
- Wearing away.
- Sore
- It's been rubbed the wrong way
- Souvenir from a bad trip?
- Band-Aid spot
More clues leading to the result NETTLED
More clues leading to the result PAINFUL
More clues leading to the result VEXED
- Irritated
- Baffled and peeved
- Irked or mystified
- Irate
- In a snit
- Perturbed
- Put out
- Rankled
- Rubbed the wrong way
- Bugged
More clues leading to the result ULCER
- Exec's sore spot
- Lesion
- Gastric woe
- Result of stress and worry
- Skin lesion
- Tummy trouble
- Tagamet target
- Peptic problem
- Bad gut feeling
- Sore spot