Tuba sound

The answer

PAH

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

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 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.

• OOMPAH (22 uses in xd)
• OOMPAHPAH (1 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
• Cry of contempt - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Exclamation of disgust - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• "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.

• Dove's sound - COO, used 123 times
• Pound sound - ARF, used 111 times
• Sound of disapproval - TSK, used 104 times
• Sheep sound - BAA, used 85 times
• Sound booster - AMP, used 84 times
• Pigeon sound - COO, used 82 times

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