Call for help
The crossword clue "Call for help" is answered by SOS, a 3-letter entry. Used 104 times across 41 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SOS
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SOS answer page.
Used 104 times across 41 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 19 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.
- MAYDAY (9 uses in xd)
- NINEONEONE (3 uses in xd)
- DISTRESSSIGNAL (1 uses in xd)
- DOTDOTDOTDASHDASHDASHDOTDOTDOT (1 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
- 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
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.
- For each - PER, used 391 times
- Cattle call - MOO, used 245 times
- Call ___ day - ITA, used 193 times
- Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
- Tit for ___ - TAT, used 189 times
- "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - HES, used 155 times
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