"That's gonna leave a mark!"

The answer

OOF

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 5 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.

• OUCH (3 uses in xd)
• YOW (2 uses in xd)
• BIGOOF (1 uses in xd)

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
• Reaction to a gut punch - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• 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
• 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.

• "So that's it!" - AHA, used 130 times
• Easy mark - SAP, used 104 times
• "That's all ___ wrote" - SHE, used 95 times
• "That's it!" - AHA, used 87 times
• Miss the mark - ERR, used 74 times
• "So that's your game!" - OHO, used 60 times

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