"This can't be happening!"

The answer

OHNO

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

Used 18 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 8 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.

• OHGOD (3 uses in xd)
• NONONO (2 uses in xd)
• MAN (1 uses in xd)
• UGH (1 uses in xd)
• UNREAL (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OHNO

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

• "Yikes!" - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• "This can't be!" - used 76 times, most recently in 2025
• "It can't be!" - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• "Horrors!" - used 46 times, most recently in 2022
• "That's terrible!" - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• "This is terrible!" - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Cry of dismay - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• "Dear me!" - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Words of dismay - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Cry of dread - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
• "How awful!" - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• "Oops!" - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• "Say it isn't so!" - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• "What a disaster!" - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• "That's awful!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• "This is bad!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Cry of distress - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• "This can't be good!" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• "Don't tell me!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
• "Heavens!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• "That's not good!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• "Curses!" - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• "Not that!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• "Say it ain't so!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• "Good heavens!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Cry of disbelief - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• "Heaven forbid!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• "Here comes trouble!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• "Rats!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• "Heavens to Betsy!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Mr. Bill's exclamation - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• "This looks bad!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• "What have I done?!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "How terrible!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Not again!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "That's horrible!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Cry of alarm - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Cry of despair - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "This is awful!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• "What a shame!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Words of woe - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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.

• In this place - HERE, used 118 times
• "Take this" - HERE, used 106 times
• This: Sp. - ESTA, used 75 times
• This and that - BOTH, used 74 times
• Can't do without - NEED, used 70 times
• Not this - THAT, used 69 times

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