The clue "painful" last appeared in the The Sun crossword on August 15, 2025. The correct answer for this puzzle is "SORE", a 4-letter word.
Solution SORE is our most searched for solution by our visitors. Solution SORE is 4 letters long. We have 5 further solutions of the same word length.
There are 218 solutions. The longest is CONSCIENTIOUS with 13 letters, and the shortest is BAD with 3 letters.
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Solutions are between 3 and 13 letters long.
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