Black cat, perhaps
The crossword clue "Black cat, perhaps" is answered by OMEN, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OMEN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OMEN answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 3 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.
Other clues for OMEN
Every other clue in this collection answered by OMEN, most used first.
- Portent - used 344 times, most recently in 2026
- Sign - used 196 times, most recently in 2026
- Sign of the future - used 174 times, most recently in 2026
- Sign of things to come - used 164 times, most recently in 2026
- Augury - used 143 times, most recently in 2022
- Foreboding sign - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
- Warning sign - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
- Prophetic sign - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
- Harbinger - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- Black cat, to some - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Presage - used 40 times, most recently in 2009
- Straw in the wind - used 40 times, most recently in 2020
- Foretoken - used 38 times, most recently in 2016
- Broken mirror, to some - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Troubling sign - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Foreshadowing - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Foreboding - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Handwriting on the wall - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Sign for the superstitious - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Writing on the wall - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Seer's sign - used 21 times, most recently in 2010
- Sign to heed - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
- Black cat, maybe - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Doomsayer's sign - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Sign of what's to come - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- It's a sign - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Bad sign - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Portentous sign - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Eclipse, to some - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Good or bad sign - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Spilled salt, to some - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Augur - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Dark clouds, perhaps - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Eerie sign - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Prognostic. - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
- Gathering clouds, to some - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Warning - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
- Dark clouds, to some - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Gathering clouds, say - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Preindication - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Rainbow, to some - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Telling sign - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Auspice - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Forewarning - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Sign from above - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Bodement - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Foreshadow - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Foreshadowing sign - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Good sign or bad sign - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Oracle's sign - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Predictive sign - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Sign to interpret - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Symbolic warning - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Classic 1976 horror movie, with "The" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Comet, to some - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Divine sign - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Eclipse, maybe - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Foreboding phenomenon - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- It might be a bad sign - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Premonition - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Serious sign - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Dire sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Future indicator - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Portentous event - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Shooting star, to some - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Sign of trouble - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Sign of what's coming - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Sinister sign - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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- Cat call - MEOW, used 114 times
- Black, in verse - EBON, used 99 times
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