Sadness
The crossword clue "Sadness" is answered by DOLOR, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DOLOR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DOLOR answer page.
Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 9 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.
- HEARTACHE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DOLOR
Every other clue in this collection answered by DOLOR, most used first.
- Sorrow - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
- Grief - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Grief: Poet. - used 7 times, most recently in 1968
- Extreme sorrow - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Signs of sadness - TEARS, used 9 times
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