"Pardon me!"

The answer

SORRY

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 6 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.

• AHEM (100 uses in xd)
• AGAIN (4 uses in xd)
• OOPS (3 uses in xd)
• SOSORRY (3 uses in xd)
• IFIMAY (2 uses in xd)

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
• "My humble apologies!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• 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
• 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.

• Pardon - REMIT, used 31 times
• "Pardon me" grunts - AHEMS, used 7 times

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