"Holy mackerel!"

The answer

WOW

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WOW answer page.

Used 18 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• EGAD (6 uses in xd)
• YIPES (4 uses in xd)
• GOSH (3 uses in xd)
• MAN (3 uses in xd)
• YIKES (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for WOW

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

• Dazzle - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• "Amazing!" - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• "That's amazing!" - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• "Holy cow!" - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Blow away - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• "I'm impressed!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Bowl over - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Amaze - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• "Holy smokes!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• "Awesome!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "Golly!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "Holy moly!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Really impress - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Impress greatly - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• "Unbelievable!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "Impressive!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Impress - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Knock the socks off - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "I'm amazed!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• "That's incredible!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Fr. holy woman - STE, used 259 times
• Holy ___ - SEE, used 40 times
• "Holy cow!" - GEE, used 33 times
• Texter's "Holy cow!" - OMG, used 28 times
• "Holy cow!" - MAN, used 18 times
• Holy Fr. woman - STE, used 18 times

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