Woeful cry

The answer

ALAS

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

Used 47 times across 28 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 10 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.

• OHME (5 uses in xd)
• AHME (1 uses in xd)
• ALACK (1 uses in xd)
• MOAN (1 uses in xd)
• OHNO (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
• "Oh, dear!" - used 54 times, most recently in 2021
• [sigh] - used 46 times, most recently in 2026

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
• Auctioneer's cry - SOLD, used 105 times
• Doll's cry - MAMA, used 77 times
• Sentry's cry - HALT, used 59 times
• Cry like a baby - BAWL, used 57 times

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