Quaint "Yikes!"

The answer

EGAD

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

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 4 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.

• EGADS (1 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
• Mild expletive - used 41 times, most recently in 2011
• "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
• "Holy Toledo!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• "Bejabbers!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• "Great Scott!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Euphemistic oath - used 13 times, most recently in 2008
• "I say!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "My goodness!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• "Oh my!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• "Yipes!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• "Holy smokes!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• "Great Caesar's ghost!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
• Antiquated oath - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• "By gosh!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• "Holy smoke!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• "Jeepers!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Mild exclamation - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• Old-time exclamation - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Crikey!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "My heavens!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Word of mock horror - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Cry of shock - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Oath of old - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Old expletive - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Old-fashioned oath - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Old-school "OMG!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Relative of "Zounds!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
• Cry of mock horror - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• "Gadzooks!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Good golly!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• "Horrors!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Ods bodkins!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Old-style oath - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Quaint exclamation - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Quaint outburst - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Victorian oath - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Archaic oath - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• "Criminy!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• "Gracious!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Holy mackerel!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Oh my gosh! - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Old-fashioned "Oh, my!" - used 6 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.

• "Yikes!" - OHNO, used 106 times
• "Yikes!" - UHOH, used 46 times
• Quaint hotels - INNS, used 41 times
• Quaint lodgings - INNS, used 28 times
• Quaint plaint - ALAS, used 22 times
• Quaint stopovers - INNS, used 16 times

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