Cry of contempt
The crossword clue "Cry of contempt" is answered by PAH, a 3-letter entry. Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PAH
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PAH answer page.
Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 3 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.
- PHOO (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for PAH
Every other clue in this collection answered by PAH, most used first.
- Oom- -- - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Oom-___ band - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Cry of disgust - used 17 times, most recently in 2009
- Tuba note? - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Oom-___ (tuba sound) - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Exclamation of disgust - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
- Tuba sound - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- "Nonsense!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- "Phooey!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Exclamation of disbelief. - used 7 times, most recently in 2004
- Half a tuba sound - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Part of a tuba's sound - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- "Poppycock!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Cry of discovery - AHA, used 155 times
- Flamenco cry - OLE, used 134 times
- Corrida cry - OLE, used 124 times
- Kitten's cry - MEW, used 119 times
- Cry loudly - SOB, used 113 times
- Cry of insight - AHA, used 97 times
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