"Help!" at sea
The crossword clue ""Help!" at sea" is answered by SOS, a 3-letter entry. Used 22 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 7 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 22 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 7 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 (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
- "Help!" - used 199 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
- Brillo alternative - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Shipwreck signal - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Cry for help - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Distress letters - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- Letters of distress - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Brillo competitor - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- "Help us!" - used 21 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.
- Help - AID, used 284 times
- Sea eagle - ERN, used 169 times
- Sea bird - ERN, used 133 times
- Help out - AID, used 103 times
- "May I help you?" - YES, used 63 times
- Back at sea - AFT, used 50 times
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