Mild expletive

The answer

EGAD

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EGAD answer page.

Used 41 times across 27 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1955. 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.

• DRAT (77 uses in xd)
• DARN (15 uses in xd)
• DANG (11 uses in xd)
• EGADS (10 uses in xd)
• HECK (8 uses in xd)

Other clues for EGAD

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

• "Zounds!" - used 328 times, most recently in 2026
• "Yikes!" - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
• Old oath - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
• Mild oath - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• "My word!" - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Old-time oath - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
• "Good grief!" - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• "Good heavens!" - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• "Heavens to Betsy!" - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Quaint oath - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• "Holy moly!" - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• "By Jove!" - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• "Holy cow!" - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• "Goodness gracious!" - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Minced oath. - used 29 times, most recently in 2010
• "Omigosh!" - used 24 times, most recently in 2020
• "My stars!" - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "Heavens!" - used 21 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Mild oath - DRAT, used 79 times
• Mild expletive - DRAT, used 77 times
• Mild cheese - EDAM, used 56 times
• Mild Dutch cheese - EDAM, used 35 times
• Charlie Brown expletive - RATS, used 32 times
• "Peanuts" expletive - RATS, used 26 times

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