Brillo alternative

The answer

SOS

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOS answer page.

Used 29 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 12 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.

• SOSPAD (2 uses in xd)
• SOSPADS (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for SOS

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

• "Mayday!" - used 228 times, most recently in 2026
• Distress signal - used 182 times, most recently in 2026
• Call for help - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Distress call - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Sinking signal - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Brillo rival - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Sea plea - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Plea at sea - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Urgent call - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Scouring pad brand - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• "Send help!" - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Ship's distress signal - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Shipwreck signal - used 28 times, most recently in 2026

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