"___ a pity"

The answer

TIS

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

Used 23 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. 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.

• ALAS (6 uses in xd)
• SOSAD (6 uses in xd)
• ITSSOSAD (2 uses in xd)
• SAD (1 uses in xd)
• SHAME (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TIS

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

• "___ the season ..." - used 398 times, most recently in 2026
• "My country -- of thee" - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
• Poetic contraction - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ the season to be jolly" - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
• Frank McCourt book - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Frank McCourt memoir - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Carol contraction - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• "Deck the Halls" contraction - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• McCourt memoir - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ better to have loved and lost ..." - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "-- folly to be wise" - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• "Whether ___ nobler ..." - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
• "Angela's Ashes" sequel - used 22 times, most recently in 2016
• Third word of "America" - used 22 times, most recently in 2021

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.

• "I pity the fool" speaker - MRT, used 26 times

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