"Such a pity"

The answer

SOSAD

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

Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 9 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.

• ALAS (32 uses in xd)
• ITSSOSAD (2 uses in xd)
• TOOBAD (2 uses in xd)
• TSK (2 uses in xd)
• AHME (1 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 shame" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• 1960 Everly Brothers hit - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• "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.

• As such - PERSE, used 40 times
• Sheets and such - LINEN, used 28 times
• Tanks and such - ARMOR, used 12 times
• "There's no such thing ___ publicity" - ASBAD, used 8 times
• Mushrooms and such - FUNGI, used 7 times
• Jokes and such - HUMOR, used 6 times

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