Ghostly sound
The crossword clue "Ghostly sound" is answered by MOAN, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MOAN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOAN answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 10 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.
- MOANING (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for MOAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by MOAN, most used first.
- Complain - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Haunted house sound - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Lament - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
- __ and groan (complain) - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Bellyache - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Sound of distress - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
- Sound of discomfort - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Gripe - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Sound of suffering - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ and groan - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Bewail - used 11 times, most recently in 2005
- Kvetch - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Groan's partner - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Haunted house noise - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Lamentation - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Mournful sound. - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Pained sound - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Wind sound - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Sad sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Pained cry - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Sound of pain or pleasure - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Whine - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Zombie's sound - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Blue whale sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- Complaint - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Express discontent - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Lamenter's sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Reaction to a bad pun - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Reaction to bad news - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Sound of agony - 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.
- Canyon sound - ECHO, used 202 times
- Throat-clearing sound - AHEM, used 180 times
- Scissors sound - SNIP, used 135 times
- High-five sound - SLAP, used 132 times
- Horn sound - TOOT, used 132 times
- Attention-getting sound - PSST, used 120 times
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