Pained cries
The crossword clue "Pained cries" is answered by OWS, a 3-letter entry. Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. 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
OWS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OWS answer page.
Used 19 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. 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
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Other clues for OWS
Every other clue in this collection answered by OWS, most used first.
- Cries of pain - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Yelps of pain - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Pained sounds - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Pained expressions - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
- Sounds of pain - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Cries of surprise - OHS, used 67 times
- Surprised cries - OHS, used 45 times
- Cries of dismay - OYS, used 18 times
- Cries of surprise - AHS, used 18 times
- One who cries foul? - REF, used 14 times
- Yiddish cries - OYS, used 14 times
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