Cries
The crossword clue "Cries" is answered by WEEPS, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WEEPS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WEEPS answer page.
Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1963. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for WEEPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by WEEPS, most used first.
- Sheds tears - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Blubbers - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Sobs - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Emulates Niobe - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Breaks down - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Has a bawl - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Shows sorrow - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Cries out for - NEEDS, used 33 times
- Cries from sties - OINKS, used 23 times
- Church cries - AMENS, used 19 times
- Sty cries - OINKS, used 17 times
- Cries loudly - BAWLS, used 14 times
- Kennel cries - YELPS, used 13 times
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