[sigh]

The answer

AHME

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

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 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 (46 uses in xd)
• OHWELL (2 uses in xd)
• SUSPIRE (2 uses in xd)
• HEREWEGOAGAIN (1 uses in xd)
• IMSAD (1 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
• Oh, dear! - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Quaint sigh - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• 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.

• [sigh] - ALAS, used 46 times
• Word said with a sigh - ALAS, used 27 times
• Weary sigh - ALAS, used 16 times
• Sorrowful sigh - ALAS, used 12 times
• Sigh of relief - PHEW, used 11 times
• Eye with a sigh - OGLE, used 9 times

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