Showed sorrow
The crossword clue "Showed sorrow" is answered by WEPT, a 4-letter entry. Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WEPT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WEPT answer page.
Used 17 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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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
- 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
- "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.
- Showed up - CAME, used 171 times
- Sign of sorrow - TEAR, used 46 times
- Word of sorrow - ALAS, used 20 times
- "Parting is ___ sweet sorrow" - SUCH, used 16 times
- Show sorrow - WEEP, used 16 times
- Exclamation of sorrow - ALAS, used 15 times
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