Cry of distress
The crossword clue "Cry of distress" is answered by YOWL, a 4-letter entry. Used 21 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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YOWL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the YOWL answer page.
Used 21 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for YOWL
Every other clue in this collection answered by YOWL, most used first.
- Caterwaul - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Cry of pain - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Distressed cry - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Pained cry - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Wail - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Dismal cry - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Long, dismal cry - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Mournful cry - 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.
- 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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