Sound of relief

The answer

PHEW

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

Used 14 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 8 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.

• SIGH (64 uses in xd)
• AAH (51 uses in xd)
• WHEW (10 uses in xd)

Other clues for PHEW

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

• "That was close!" - used 117 times, most recently in 2026
• "What a relief!" - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• "That was a close one!" - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• "Close one!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Am I glad that's over!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Sigh of relief - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "Close call!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Cry of relief - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Exclamation of relief - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• "I'm glad that's over!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Expression of relief - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• "That's a relief!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Narrow escape exclamation - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Canyon sound - ECHO, used 202 times
• Throat-clearing sound - AHEM, used 180 times
• Scissors sound - SNIP, used 135 times
• High-five sound - SLAP, used 132 times
• Horn sound - TOOT, used 132 times
• Attention-getting sound - PSST, used 120 times

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