"Yikes"
The crossword clue ""Yikes"" is answered by OOF, a 3-letter entry. Used 14 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OOF
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OOF answer page.
Used 14 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 11 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 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
- "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
- "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.
- "Yikes!" - EEK, used 68 times
- "Yikes! A mouse!" - EEK, used 16 times
- Texter's "Yikes!" - OMG, used 14 times
- "Yikes!" - ACK, used 7 times
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