Contrite feeling
The crossword clue "Contrite feeling" is answered by REGRET, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
REGRET
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the REGRET answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for REGRET
Every other clue in this collection answered by REGRET, most used first.
- Rue - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Wish undone - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Contrition - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Feel bad about - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Feel sorry about - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Lament - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Queasy feeling - NAUSEA, used 26 times
- Had a feeling - SENSED, used 24 times
- Anxious feeling - UNEASE, used 23 times
- Has a feeling - SENSES, used 15 times
- Feeling sore - ACHING, used 13 times
- Parched feeling - THIRST, used 13 times
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