Cry of woe

The answer

ALAS

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

Used 21 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1929. It appears in 12 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.

• OHNO (5 uses in xd)
• AHME (4 uses in xd)
• ALACK (1 uses in xd)
• DEARLORD (1 uses in xd)
• OYVEY (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ALAS

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

• "Woe is me!" - used 255 times, most recently in 2026
• "Sad to say ..." - used 250 times, most recently in 2026
• Word of woe - used 143 times, most recently in 2026
• "Too bad!" - used 136 times, most recently in 2025
• Regrettably - used 126 times, most recently in 2026
• Word of regret - used 124 times, most recently in 2025
• "Ah, me!" - used 112 times, most recently in 2023
• "Sadly ..." - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• "Sorry to say . . ." - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• "Unfortunately ..." - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Woeful word - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• "___, poor Yorick!" - used 75 times, most recently in 2025
• "Oh, woe!" - used 71 times, most recently in 2025
• "That's too bad" - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• "What a shame!" - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• "What a pity!" - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• "That's a shame" - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Dear me! - used 58 times, most recently in 2025
• "Oh, dear!" - used 54 times, most recently in 2021
• Woeful cry - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• [sigh] - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Cry of dismay - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Wistful word - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• "Poor me!" - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• "'Tis a pity" - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Sighed word - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• "Such a pity!" - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Weary word - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• Wellaway! - used 31 times, most recently in 2014
• "How sad!" - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Word said with a sigh - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Quaint plaint - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Word for Yorick - used 20 times, most recently in 2014
• Word of sorrow - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• "Bummer!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2015
• Lackaday! - used 17 times, most recently in 2010
• "__, poor Yorick!": Hamlet - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Weary sigh - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Dear, dear! - used 15 times, most recently in 2014
• Exclamation of sorrow - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Expression of sorrow - used 15 times, most recently in 2016
• Melodramatic cry - used 15 times, most recently in 2013
• Exclamation. - used 14 times, most recently in 1975
• "How unfortunate!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• "It's a pity!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Alack's partner - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• "It pains me to say ..." - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "It's a shame!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "More's the pity" - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• "Pity" - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• "So sad!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "'Tis a shame" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "For pity's sake!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2010
• "Oh, my!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2009
• "Oy!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Regretful word - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• "So it goes" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Sorrowful sigh - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "Sustineo ___," U.S.A.F. motto - used 12 times, most recently in 1993
• Word of lament - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Ach! - used 11 times, most recently in 1980
• "Oh, me!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Rueful word - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Sad cry - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Sighed cry - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Sighed line - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• "Ah, well" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "C'est la vie" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Cry of sorrow - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• "Oh no!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Alack partner - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Commiserator's word - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Cry for what might have been - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Cry of regret - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Exclamation of regret - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Lament for Yorick - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• "Such a shame!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Word for poor Yorick - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Dignified "Shucks!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Expression of pity - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Poetic plaint - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Shakespearean "Bummer!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Sigher's word - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Sorrowful word - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Theatrical lament - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Woeful expression - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Word of resignation - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Word often said with a sigh - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• 'Oh, woe!' - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Cry of despair - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Expression of grief - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• "Oh me, oh my" - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Ruer's word - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Shakespearean lament - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Sigh for Yorick. - used 7 times, most recently in 1978
• "Tragically ..." - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Unhappily ..." - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Woe! - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Woeful sigh - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "A pity" - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Exclamation of pity - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• "Oh well ..." - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "__, poor Yorick!": Shak. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Sad word - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Sighing word - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Sorrowful cry - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Start of a phrase of regret - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• "Too bad," to a bard - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Welladay! - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Word of pity - used 6 times, most recently in 2010

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.

• Sty cry - OINK, used 174 times
• Eyelid woe - STYE, used 131 times
• "Woe ___!" - ISME, used 122 times
• Auctioneer's cry - SOLD, used 105 times
• Doll's cry - MAMA, used 77 times
• Victor's cry - IWON, used 63 times

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