Pained cry
The crossword clue "Pained cry" is answered by YEOW, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
YEOW
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YEOW answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for YEOW
Every other clue in this collection answered by YEOW, most used first.
- "Ouch!" - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- "That hurts!" - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Cry of pain - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- "That smarts!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- "That hurt!" - used 9 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.
- Sty cry - OINK, used 174 times
- Auctioneer's cry - SOLD, used 105 times
- Doll's cry - MAMA, used 77 times
- Victor's cry - IWON, used 63 times
- Sentry's cry - HALT, used 59 times
- Cry - WEEP, used 58 times
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