Words of surprise
The crossword clue "Words of surprise" is answered by OHS, a 3-letter entry. Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OHS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OHS answer page.
Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 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.
- MYGOODNESS (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for OHS
Every other clue in this collection answered by OHS, most used first.
- Cries of surprise - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Sounds of surprise - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
- Surprised cries - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Exclamations. - used 27 times, most recently in 1998
- Surprised sounds - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Exclamations of surprise - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Startled cries - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Quaker cereal - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
- Expressions of surprise - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Raised-eyebrow remarks - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Surprise cries - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Words of understanding - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Circus cries - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Pained reactions - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Surprised exclamations - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Fun-house cries - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Open-mouthed exclamations - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Sounds of understanding - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Exclamations of comprehension - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- "I see" words - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Raised-eyebrow exclamations - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
Related clues
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- Wedding words - IDO, used 262 times
- Play on words - PUN, used 124 times
- Put into words - SAY, used 114 times
- ___ loss for words - ATA, used 91 times
- Bachelor's last words - IDO, used 78 times
- Altar words - IDO, used 75 times
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