Sad
The crossword clue "Sad" is answered by GLUM, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GLUM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GLUM answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for GLUM
Every other clue in this collection answered by GLUM, most used first.
- Down in the dumps - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Morose - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Sullen - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Feeling blue - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Dejected - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Down at the mouth - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Saturnine - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Bummed out - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Dispirited - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Down - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- In the dumps - used 7 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.
- "Sad to say ..." - ALAS, used 250 times
- Sad - BLUE, used 57 times
- Novi Sad native - SERB, used 31 times
- "How sad!" - ALAS, used 29 times
- Native of Novi Sad - SERB, used 13 times
- "So sad!" - ALAS, used 13 times
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