Turned on the waterworks
The crossword clue "Turned on the waterworks" is answered by CRIED, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CRIED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRIED answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022. It appears in 6 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.
- SOBBED (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for CRIED
Every other clue in this collection answered by CRIED, most used first.
- Wept - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Sobbed - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Bawled - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Called out - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Exclaimed - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Had a bawl - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Reacted to a tearjerker - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Shouted - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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