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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% IRRITANT Salt on an open wound, for example (8) Wall Street Journal Jan 25, 2022
9% RUB ___ salt into the wound (3)
6% PEPA Salt-N-__ (4) Commuter Oct 19, 2026
6% SCAR Trace of a wound (4) (4) Puzzler Oct 11, 2026
6% LINT Wound dressing (4) (4) Mirror Quick Oct 7, 2026
6% SCAB Wound cover (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 2, 2026
6% GRANULAR Like salt (8) Eugene Sheffer Sep 25, 2026
6% HOSE It's often wound up (4) USA Today Sep 25, 2026
6% SEA __ salt (3) LA Times Daily Sep 23, 2026
6% EXPOSED Open wound so deep, ten cuts (7) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Sep 23, 2026

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