Pained expression

The answer

MOUE

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 2002. 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.

• OUCH (15 uses in xd)
• WINCE (8 uses in xd)
• GRIMACE (5 uses in xd)
• OOF (3 uses in xd)
• YOWIE (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for MOUE

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

• Grimace - used 70 times, most recently in 2021
• Pout - used 53 times, most recently in 2021
• Pouting grimace - used 33 times, most recently in 2023
• Pouty expression - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Pouty look - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Pouty face - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Pouting expression - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Little grimace - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Wry expression - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Small grimace - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Wry face - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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.

• Expression - TERM, used 38 times
• Facial expression. - GRIN, used 23 times
• Offensive expression - LEER, used 17 times
• Expression of sorrow - ALAS, used 15 times
• Pained expression - OUCH, used 15 times
• Pained cry - YOWL, used 13 times

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