Cry of disgust

The answer

FIE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FIE answer page.

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 3 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.

• UGH (32 uses in xd)
• PAH (17 uses in xd)
• BAH (10 uses in xd)
• RATS (10 uses in xd)
• FEH (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for FIE

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

• "For shame!" - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• "A pox upon thee!" - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• "Fee, ___, foe, fum" - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• "Bah!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "A pox on you!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• "A pox on thee!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Phooey!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Shame! - used 10 times, most recently in 2002
• Old-time oath - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Giant syllable - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Old expression of disgust - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Old-style "Tsk!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Pshaw!" - 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.

• Cry of discovery - AHA, used 155 times
• Flamenco cry - OLE, used 134 times
• Corrida cry - OLE, used 124 times
• Kitten's cry - MEW, used 119 times
• Cry loudly - SOB, used 113 times
• Cry of insight - AHA, used 97 times

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