Knock the socks off

The answer

WOW

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

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 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.

• AWE (23 uses in xd)
• AMAZE (22 uses in xd)
• ASTOUND (3 uses in xd)
• DAZZLE (2 uses in xd)
• FLOOR (2 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
• "Holy mackerel!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2015
• 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
• "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.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times

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