"My humble apologies!"

The answer

SORRY

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SORRY answer page.

Used 9 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SORRY

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

• "My bad" - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• "My apologies" - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Contrite - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Regretful - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Rueful - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Word of apology - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Classic board game - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• "I apologize" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "My fault!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Pardon me!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Popular board game - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "My mistake!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Repentant - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Classic Parker Brothers game - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• "Oops!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Pitiful - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Wretched - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

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.

• Humble - ABASE, used 115 times
• "Humble" home - ABODE, used 79 times
• Humble - LOWLY, used 36 times
• "Humble" dwelling - ABODE, used 29 times
• "Humble" residence - ABODE, used 21 times
• Make humble - ABASE, used 21 times

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