Sympathy.

The answer

PITY

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

Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1937. It appears in 6 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.

• HEART (3 uses in xd)
• TEAAND (3 uses in xd)
• COMPASSION (2 uses in xd)
• FELLOWFEELING (1 uses in xd)
• PATHOS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for PITY

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

• Feel sorry for - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Compassion - used 75 times, most recently in 2025
• Crying shame - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Feel for - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Feel bad for - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Commiseration - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• "Too bad" - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Sympathetic sorrow - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Compassionate feeling - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Feeling for the unfortunate - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• "That's a shame!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• "Tsk!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• "What a shame" - 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.

• Nuisance - PEST, used 336 times
• "Hey, you!" - PSST, used 325 times
• Entreaty - PLEA, used 282 times
• Equal - PEER, used 256 times
• Saucy - PERT, used 233 times
• "Hey, over here!" - PSST, used 232 times

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