Reaction to a gut punch

The answer

OOF

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OOF answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OOF

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

• Gut-punch reaction - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• "That's gotta hurt" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• "That's rough" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• "Ouch!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "Yikes" - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "That hurt!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• "That sounds painful" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Comics cry of distress - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Punch-in-the-gut response - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Punch-in-the-gut reaction - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Punch line? - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Sock-in-the-gut sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Slangy sound of discomfort - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Sock-in-the-gut grunt - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "That punch hurt!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "That's gonna leave a mark!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Cartoon "Ouch!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Punch-in-the-gut sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Punch-in-the-stomach sound - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "That hurts!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Quick punch - JAB, used 97 times
• Reaction to fireworks - OOH, used 35 times
• Punch sound - POW, used 30 times
• Boxer's punch - JAB, used 28 times
• Fireworks reaction - OOH, used 24 times
• Boxing punch - JAB, used 19 times

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