The Clue
Stretching may relieve it (9 letter answer)
The Answer
STIFFNESS
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Notes
The answer STIFFNESS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Starch
Definition
STIFFNESS as a noun:
1. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
2. the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
3. firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"
4. (awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness) = the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
5. (severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness) = excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"