Distress
The crossword clue "Distress" is answered by WOE, a 3-letter entry. Used 25 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
WOE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WOE answer page.
Used 25 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for WOE
Every other clue in this collection answered by WOE, most used first.
- Misery - used 174 times, most recently in 2026
- Misfortune - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
- Trouble - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ is me!" - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Sorrow - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Anguish - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Heartache - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
- Tribulation - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Grief - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Distress signal - SOS, used 182 times
- Distress call - SOS, used 81 times
- Ship's distress signal - SOS, used 30 times
- Distress - AIL, used 28 times
- Distress letters - SOS, used 24 times
- Letters of distress - SOS, used 23 times
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