Yearn (for).
The crossword clue "Yearn (for)." is answered by SIGH, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2000; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SIGH
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SIGH answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2000; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for SIGH
Every other clue in this collection answered by SIGH, most used first.
- Sound of relief - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Unuttered "alas" - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Wistful sound - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Exhale audibly - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- [Ah, me!] - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Audible breath - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
- Deep breath - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
- Sorrowful sound - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Sound of resignation - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Sound of longing - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Weary sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Wistful exhalation - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- [Alas!] - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Charlie Brown utterance - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Express relief - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Lovelorn utterance - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Something to heave - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Sound of sorrow - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
- Change for a five - ONES, used 272 times
- "What's ___ for me?" - INIT, used 264 times
- Shrek, for one - OGRE, used 244 times
- Ready for business - OPEN, used 184 times
- Look for - SEEK, used 172 times
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