Broke down in tears

The answer

WEPT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WEPT answer page.

Used 6 times across 3 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2023. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for WEPT

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

• Cried - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Sobbed - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Turned on the waterworks - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Shed tears - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Broke down - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Showed sorrow - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Had a good cry - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Had a bawl - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Cried one's eyes out - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Bawled - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Shed some tears - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Blubbered - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Lamented - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
• Broke down, in a way - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Grieved - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• "Jesus ___" (Bible's shortest verse) - used 6 times, most recently in 2015

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.

• Touched down - ALIT, used 243 times
• Pack down - TAMP, used 216 times
• Came down - ALIT, used 186 times
• Tears - RIPS, used 131 times
• Turn down - DENY, used 119 times
• Came down to earth - ALIT, used 115 times

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