1960 Everly Brothers hit

The answer

SOSAD

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

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1998. 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

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• LETITBEME (5 uses in xd)

Other clues for SOSAD

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

• "What a pity!" - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• "What a shame!" - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• "Alas!" - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• "Such a pity" - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• "Such a shame" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "Such a tragedy" - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "A pity" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "Bummer" - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• "What a bummer" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Words after "too bad" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Big hit - SMASH, used 75 times
• Hit hard - SMITE, used 35 times
• Huge hit - SMASH, used 35 times
• One of the Allman Brothers - DUANE, used 32 times
• 1972 Bill Withers hit - USEME, used 31 times
• Hit the road - LEAVE, used 30 times

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