Has a bawl
The crossword clue "Has a bawl" is answered by SOBS, a 4-letter entry. Used 20 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SOBS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOBS answer page.
Used 20 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SOBS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SOBS, most used first.
- Weeps - used 67 times, most recently in 2025
- Blubbers - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Breaks down - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Weeps loudly - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Cries - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Cries loudly - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Weeps audibly - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Bawls - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Cries out loud - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
- Laments loudly - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Cries uncontrollably - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Sounds of sorrow - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Turns on the waterworks - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Weeps convulsively - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Cries audibly - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Cries noisily - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Sad sounds - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Boo-hoos - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Breaks down, in a way - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Doesn't just tear up - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Shows sorrow - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Wails - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Cries convulsively - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Has a good cry - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Weeps noisily - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Boohoos - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
- Breaks into tears - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Sheds tears - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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