Painful Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Painful (6) featured in Mirror Quick puzzle on September 22, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TENDER.

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Crossword Answer For Painful (6):

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8 Potential Answers:

AnswerLengthSourceDate
TENDER Painful (6) (6) Mirror Quick Sep 22, 2026
SORE Painful (4) (4) Mirror Classic May 20, 2026
ACHY Painful (4) (4) The Guardian Quick Jan 1, 2026
EXHAUSTED Painful (9)
ACHING Painful (6) LA Times Daily Mar 7, 2021
NASTY Painful (5)
AGONIZING Painful (9)
SMARTING Painful (8)

32 Similar Clues:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
30% OUCH "That was painful!" (4) Universal Aug 14, 2026
30% GAIN "No pain, no ___" (4) USA Today Jul 19, 2026
30% ACHES Pains (5) The Telegraph Quick Jul 10, 2026
30% AIL Pain (3) The Times Sunday Concise Jun 21, 2026
28% ACHED Was a pain (5) The Telegraph Plusword May 15, 2026
28% HURTS Is painful (5) USA Today Apr 21, 2026
28% HASSLE Pain (6) USA Today Mar 24, 2026
28% THROES Pains (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 16, 2025
28% HASSLES Pains (7) New York Times Mar 6, 2025
28% ANNOY Be a pain to (5) Newsday Feb 9, 2025

Clues for The Mirror Quick Puzzle on September 22, 2026

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