CRAMP

Meaning

A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled.

• verb(of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
• adjectiveCramped; narrow

CRAMP as a word-puzzle answer

CRAMP is a 5-letter word with 1 vowel (A) and 4 consonants (C, R, M, P). Every letter is distinct, so it rarely punishes a clean opening guess.

It leans on high-frequency letters (R, A), so a strong vowel-and-common-consonant opener tends to light up quickly. There are no rare letters here, so it is a fair, mid-difficulty answer for the daily Classic puzzle.