The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AHME , but the solution may also be OH ME! which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
"Alas!" crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
AHME | 41 % | 4 |
SADLY | 9 % | 5 |
DEARME | 9 % | 6 |
SOSAD | 8 % | 5 |
OHME | 7 % | 4 |
WOEISME | 7 % | 7 |
TOOBAD | 3 % | 6 |
WOE | 2 % | 3 |
ACH | 2 % | 3 |
IFEAR | 2 % | 5 |
SIGH | 2 % | 4 |
SADTOSAY | 2 % | 8 |
HOWSAD | 1 % | 6 |
OCH | 1 % | 3 |
OHDEAR | 1 % | 6 |
ITSSAD | 1 % | 6 |
AH ME … | 1 % | 9 |
TISAPITY | 1 % | 8 |
ITSASHAME | 1 % | 9 |
OHNO | 1 % | 4 |
OH ME! | 1 % | 6 |
PITY | 1 % | 4 |
OHWELL | 1 % | 6 |
Why may AHME be the right solution?
In this case, "Alas!" is an exclamation of sorrow or regret. "Ah me" is an archaic interjection used to express the same sentiment. Therefore, "AHME" is the appropriate answer to the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "Alas!"
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- unfortunately
- regrettably
- unluckily
- sadly
- lamentably
- unhappily
- oops
- regretfully
- lament
- however
- pity
- afraid
Crossword Answer definitions
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result AHME
- "Alas!"
- Sigher's words
- Alas!
- Woebegone words
- "Alas"
- Words said with a sigh
- "Alas, I declare"
- "Dear, dear"
- Sigher's comment
- Sighed aside
More clues leading to the result SADLY
- In a doleful way
- In a sorrowful way
- "Alas ..."
- With despair
- How to say "alas"
- How "alas" is said
- How to say 20 Across
- "Alas,..."
- With tear-dimmed eyes
- In a lamentable way
More clues leading to the result DEARME
- "Oh, my!"
- "Alas!"
- "Eek!"
- Peter Ustinov's book
- "Oh my goodness"
- "Good heavens!"
- "Goodness gracious!"
- Start of a diary entry?
- "Stars above!"
- "Good grief!"
More clues leading to the result SOSAD
- "What a shame"
- "Bummer"
- "That sucks"
- "What a bummer"
- "Where's the Kleenex?"
- 1960 Everlys hit
- Everly Brothers single
- 1960 Everly Brothers hit
- 1960 hit for the Everly Brothers
- "What a pity!"
More clues leading to the result OHME
- "Alas!"
- Words of woe
- Despondent cry
- "Dear, dear!"
- Woeful cry
- Words of worry
- "Alas"
- "Good heavens!"
- "Goodness gracious!"
- Worrier's words
More clues leading to the result WOEISME
- Overdramatic lament
- "I'm a mess!"
- "I'm so unlucky!"
- "Alas!"
- "I'm sunk!"
- "I am a complete wreck!"
- Melodramatic wail
- Melodramatic lament
- "Boohoo!"
- Melodramatic cry
More clues leading to the result TOOBAD
- "Awww!"
- Commiserative words
- "Tsk, tsk"
- "What a shame"
- "That's a shame"
- "Alas!"
- "Them's the breaks!"
- "Bummer!"
- "Aww ... tough luck!"
- "Tough toenails!"
More clues leading to the result WOE
- "__ is me!
- Hand-wringer's word
- Misfortune
- Deep distress
- Heartache
- Wednesday's child is full of it
- Grief
- Blue state?
- Misery
- Ailment
More clues leading to the result ACH
- Alas, in Essen
- Bavarian scream
- Essen exclamation
- Teutonic alas
- Innsbruck interjection
- Rhine whine?
- "Bah," in Bavaria
- Hamburger's whine
- Berliner's cry
- Rhine whine
More clues leading to the result IFEAR
- "Bad news"
- "Hate to break it to you..."
- "Hate to say this ..."
- "Hate to say this..."
- "This isn't looking good"
- Bad news preceeder
- "Alas..."
- "Alas, it seems ... "
- "Sorry to say..."
- Bad-news intro
More clues leading to the result SIGH
- "Bunuel's "The Last __"
- Deep breath
- Sound of relief
- Sound of lamentation
- [Here we go again]
- Wistful sound
- Unexpressed "Alas"
- Unuttered "Alas"
- Sound of nostalgia
- Act relieved
More clues leading to the result SADTOSAY
- Alas
- "Unfortunately ..."
- Unfortunately
- "I'm afraid the news is not good ..."
- "Unfortunately . . ."
- Unhappily.
- "Alas"
- "Regrettably ..."
- "Lamentably ..."
- "Unfortunately ... "
More clues leading to the result HOWSAD
- "Alas!"
- "What a shame!"
- "That's a shame"
- "What a pity!"
- Tearful words
- "Terrible"
- "That's a downer"
- "I'm sorry to hear that"
More clues leading to the result OCH
- Highlands exclamation
- "Oh my!" in Edinburgh
- Gaelic "Oh my!"
- Gaelic "Gee!"
- Scottish "Gee!"
- Scottish "gee"
- Scottish word of surprise
- Glaswegian's "Gee!"
- Scot's "Crikey!"
- "Alas!" from a lass
More clues leading to the result OHDEAR
- "My goodness!"
- "Here we go again"
- "Mercy me!"
- Phrase of distress
- "How awful!"
- "Oops!"
- Worrywart's exclamation
- "This isn't good!"
- "Goodness gracious!"
- "How worrisome!"
More clues leading to the result ITSSAD
More clues leading to the result AH ME …
More clues leading to the result TISAPITY
More clues leading to the result ITSASHAME
- "Pity"
- "Something should be done"
- "So sad!"
- Exclamation of commiseration
- Waistband that's tucked in -- pity, that!?
- "Terrible pity"
- "Something really should be done"
- "Alas"
- "So sad"
- "That's just awful!"
More clues leading to the result OHNO
- "This can't be!"
- Follows an accident
- Words of dismay
- "Sakes alive!"
- "Say it ain't so!"
- Rats!
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
- "Dammit all!"
- Speed skating gold medalist
- "Can't be..."
More clues leading to the result OH ME!
More clues leading to the result PITY
- "Tsk!"
- Ache for
- A matter of regret
- Show compassion
- Sympathetic feeling
- Feel sorry for
- Ruth
- Crying shame
- "___ is for the living, Envy is for the dead": Mark Twain
- Sympathetic sorrow