Ghostly cry

The answer

BOO

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BOO answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for BOO

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

• Scary cry - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Scary shout - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• "Get off the stage!" - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Greet the villain - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Scare word - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• "You stink!" - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Halloween cry - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Halloween shout - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Bronx cheer - used 20 times, most recently in 2022
• Halloween greeting - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Ghostly greeting - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Ghost's cry - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Ghost's greeting - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Startling word - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Halloween sound - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Halloween word - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Heckler's cry - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Scary sound - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• "Monsters, Inc." girl - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Shout of disapproval - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "Bad call!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Heckler's holler - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Unhappy spectator's shout - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Halloween holler - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "Bad call, ump!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Sweetie - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "To Kill a Mockingbird" character - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Catcall - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Disapproving shout - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Discouraging word - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Express disapproval - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Ghost's shout - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Scary word - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Serenade the villain - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Sound of disapproval - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Stadium sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• "You suck!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• Cry of discovery - AHA, used 155 times
• Flamenco cry - OLE, used 134 times
• Corrida cry - OLE, used 124 times
• Kitten's cry - MEW, used 119 times
• Cry loudly - SOB, used 113 times
• Cry of insight - AHA, used 97 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.