Mournful melody
The crossword clue "Mournful melody" is answered by DIRGE, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DIRGE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DIRGE answer page.
Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DIRGE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DIRGE, most used first.
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- Mournful song - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Mournful music - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Threnody - used 15 times, most recently in 2009
- Requiem - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Somber song - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Lament - used 8 times, most recently in 2001
- Gloomy tune - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Mournful tune - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Musical lament - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Mournful poem - ELEGY, used 56 times
- Mournful sound - KNELL, used 18 times
- Mournful peal - KNELL, used 10 times
- Alpine melody - YODEL, used 9 times
- Signature melody - THEME, used 7 times
- Having melody and harmony - TONAL, used 6 times
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