Cry of dismay
The crossword clue "Cry of dismay" is answered by OHDEAR, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1968. 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
OHDEAR
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OHDEAR answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1968. 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 OHDEAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by OHDEAR, most used first.
- "Goodness gracious!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- "Heavens!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- "My goodness!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- "Mercy me!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- "My, my!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- "Goodness me!" - 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.
- Dismay - APPALL, used 31 times
- White Rabbit's cry - IMLATE, used 27 times
- Crow's-nest cry - LANDHO, used 25 times
- Cry of discovery - EUREKA, used 24 times
- Director's cry - ACTION, used 21 times
- Fill with dismay - APPALL, used 15 times
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