React to a tearjerker
The crossword clue "React to a tearjerker" is answered by CRY, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
CRY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRY answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. 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.
- CHOKEUP (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for CRY
Every other clue in this collection answered by CRY, most used first.
- Weep - used 150 times, most recently in 2026
- Blubber - used 49 times, most recently in 2025
- Shed tears - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
- Have a bawl - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Shout - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
- Bawl - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Sob - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Turn on the waterworks - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Call out - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Holler - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Hue's partner - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
- Tear up - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Shed a tear - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Wail - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Exclamation - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Shout out - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- "__ Me a River" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Slogan. - used 8 times, most recently in 1968
- Watchword. - used 8 times, most recently in 1966
- Get blubbery - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Get weepy - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- "___, the Beloved Country" (Alan Paton novel) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Yell - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Bellow - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Let it all out - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Overreact to spilt milk - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- React to spilled milk? - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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.
- React to a tearjerker - SOB, used 13 times
- React to pectin - GEL, used 7 times
- Like a tearjerker - SAD, used 6 times
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