Sound of sorrow
The crossword clue "Sound of sorrow" is answered by SOB, a 3-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SOB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOB answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 3 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.
Other clues for SOB
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOB, most used first.
- Weep - used 125 times, most recently in 2026
- Cry loudly - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
- Blubber - used 110 times, most recently in 2025
- Cry - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
- Bawl - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Have a bawl - used 63 times, most recently in 2025
- Weep loudly - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Cry out loud - used 44 times, most recently in 2023
- Cry noisily - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Break down - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Weep audibly - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Have a good cry - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of story - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
- Weep convulsively - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ story - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Cry hard - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Cry audibly - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Cry convulsively - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Turn on the waterworks - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- React to a tearjerker - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Express despair - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of sister - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
- Lament loudly - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Wail - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Weep noisily - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Cry uncontrollably - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Sad sound - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Shed tears - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Weep aloud - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Weep and wail - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Boo-hoo - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Cry and cry - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Show grief - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- ___ sister - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Boohoo - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Break down in tears - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Cry a river - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of sister or story - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Show sorrow - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Sorrowful sound - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Sound of distress - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Type of story - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Word with sister or story - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Whimper - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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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