Oh, dear!

The answer

AHME

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AHME answer page.

Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ALAS (54 uses in xd)
• MYMY (6 uses in xd)
• ALACK (2 uses in xd)
• EGAD (2 uses in xd)
• LORDY (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for AHME

Every other clue in this collection answered by AHME, most used first.

• "Alas!" - used 89 times, most recently in 2025
• Words of woe - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Sighed line - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Words said with a sigh - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Sighed words - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Quaint sigh - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• [sigh] - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Sighing words - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Wistful phrase - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Words of lament - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Sigher's words - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Woeful words - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Quaint plaint - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Sighed aside - used 6 times, most recently in 2011

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Dear me! - ALAS, used 58 times
• "Oh, dear!" - ALAS, used 54 times
• "Dear ___ Hansen" - EVAN, used 44 times
• "Dear me!" - OHNO, used 32 times
• "Dear" ones - SIRS, used 25 times
• "Dear --" - ABBY, used 19 times

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