"Jesus ___" (Bible's shortest verse)

The answer

WEPT

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 3 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
• Broke down in tears - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Grieved - used 6 times, most recently in 2010

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.

• Black, in verse - EBON, used 99 times
• Verse writer - POET, used 55 times
• Tributes in verse - ODES, used 44 times
• When shadows are shortest - NOON, used 32 times
• Pound of verse - EZRA, used 31 times
• Great Lake with the shortest name - ERIE, used 29 times

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