Cry of pain

The answer

YIPE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YIPE answer page.

Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1982. 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.

• OUCH (28 uses in xd)
• YEOW (23 uses in xd)
• YOWL (17 uses in xd)
• YELP (15 uses in xd)
• YOW (10 uses in xd)

Other clues for YIPE

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

• "Omigosh!" - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• "Eek!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• "Holy cow!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• "Holy moly!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Cry out sharply - used 9 times, most recently in 2004
• "Egad!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• "Oh no!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Cry of dismay - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Cry of surprise - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Jeepers!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Cry of alarm - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "Gadzooks!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Dull pain - ACHE, used 194 times
• Sty cry - OINK, used 174 times
• Auctioneer's cry - SOLD, used 105 times
• Pain in the neck - PEST, used 99 times
• Doll's cry - MAMA, used 77 times
• Victor's cry - IWON, used 63 times

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