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The Clue

Common ankle injury (6 letter answer)

The Answer

SPRAIN

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Notes

The answer SPRAIN is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1100 puzzles.

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Definition

SPRAIN as a noun:

1. a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments

SPRAIN as a verb:

1. (twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick) = twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"