Pained expression

The answer

OUCH

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OUCH answer page.

Used 15 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 9 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.

• WINCE (8 uses in xd)
• MOUE (6 uses in xd)
• GRIMACE (5 uses in xd)
• OOF (3 uses in xd)
• YOWIE (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for OUCH

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

• "That hurts!" - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• "That hurt!" - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Cry of pain - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• "That smarts!" - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• "That's gotta hurt" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• "That stings!" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Pained cry - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Exclamation of pain. - used 9 times, most recently in 1966
• Toe-stubber's cry - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Sound of pain - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• "That sounds painful" - used 7 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.

• Expression - TERM, used 38 times
• Facial expression. - GRIN, used 23 times
• Pouty expression - MOUE, used 23 times
• Offensive expression - LEER, used 17 times
• Expression of sorrow - ALAS, used 15 times
• Pained cry - YOWL, used 13 times

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