Sounds of distress
The crossword clue "Sounds of distress" is answered by MOANS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MOANS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOANS answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1972. 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.
- GRUNTS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for MOANS
Every other clue in this collection answered by MOANS, most used first.
- Haunted house sounds - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Complains - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Bewails - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Complains, slangily - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Haunted house noises - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Laments - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Plaintive sounds - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
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.
- Musical sounds - TONES, used 60 times
- Distress signal - FLARE, used 37 times
- Horn sounds - TOOTS, used 32 times
- Grating sounds - RASPS, used 29 times
- High-five sounds - SLAPS, used 24 times
- Pig sounds - OINKS, used 23 times
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