The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SOB , but the solution may also be WEEP which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Cry crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SOB | 30 % | 3 |
| WEEP | 22 % | 4 |
| YELL | 12 % | 4 |
| BAWL | 6 % | 4 |
| WAIL | 5 % | 4 |
| SHOUT | 4 % | 5 |
| MEWL | 3 % | 4 |
| SHRIEK | 2 % | 6 |
| YELP | 2 % | 4 |
| SHEDTEARS | 2 % | 9 |
| UTTER | 1 % | 5 |
| EXCLAIM | 1 % | 7 |
| YELLOUT | 1 % | 7 |
| CALLOUT | 1 % | 7 |
| HOLLER | 1 % | 6 |
| SCREAM | 1 % | 6 |
| HAVEABAWL | 1 % | 9 |
| SHEDATEAR | 1 % | 9 |
| PERIODOFWEEPING | 1 % | 15 |
| EVOE | 1 % | 4 |
Why may WEEP be the right solution?
"WEEP" is a synonym for "cry" as it means to shed tears due to strong emotions.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cry
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- weep
- cry out
- outcry
- scream
- exclaim
- holler
- shout
- yell
- vociferation
- hollo
- shout out
- war cry
Crossword Answer definitions
SOB noun- A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.
- Sound of sob
- To weep with convulsive gasps.
- To say (something) while sobbing.
- To soak.
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 SOB
More clues leading to the result WEEP
- Grieve
- Have a bawl?
- Shed tears
- React to a chick flick, maybe
- Respond to the end of "Titanic," I suppose
- Turn on the waterworks
- Blubber
- Tear up
- Emulate Niobe
- Get teary
More clues leading to the result YELL
- Holler
- Rebel __ (exuberant cry)
- Rhythmic cheer
- Scream bloody murder
- "Rah, rah, rah!"
- Cheer
- Cry out loud
- Rebel __
- School cheer
- Be a screamer
More clues leading to the result BAWL
- Cry
- Wail
- Weep loudly
- Be like a baby
- Make a lot of tears
- React to the end of "Titanic," if you're me
- Get audibly upset
- Weep and wail
- Blubber
- Turn on the waterworks
More clues leading to the result WAIL
- Lament
- Sound of lamentation
- Caterwaul
- Ululate
- Sing the blues
- Baby's cry
- Kick ass, as on an instrument
- Play a mean sax
- Banshee's noise
- Banshee's warning
More clues leading to the result SHOUT
- Give a holler
- Stain remover
- Twist partner?
- Make oneself heard
- Use capital letters in a chat room
- Give a hoot
- "Boo!" or "Bravo!"
- Yell
- Cry
- Hoot or holler
More clues leading to the result MEWL
- Whimper
- "Poor me, I have no milk and no one is petting me" sound
- Cry like a baby
- Kitten's cry
- Weak cry
- Whine like a babe
- Whine
- Cry weakly
- Babyish whimper
- Whimper like a baby
More clues leading to the result SHRIEK
- Caterwaul
- Classic horror movie sound
- "Eek!," for example
- High-pitched yell
- Horror film sound
- Cry of horror
- Haunted house cry
- Horror film reaction
- Scream
- "Boo!" reaction
More clues leading to the result YELP
- Pound sound
- Pomeranian bark
- Short bark
- Website with menus
- Site for getting back at the restaurant where you got food poisoning
- Verb that's come to mean "check if a restaurant is any good"
- Online review site
- Sitting-on-a-tack response
- Shrill bark
- Shrill cry
More clues leading to the result SHEDTEARS
More clues leading to the result UTTER
More clues leading to the result EXCLAIM
More clues leading to the result YELLOUT
More clues leading to the result CALLOUT
More clues leading to the result HOLLER
- Shout
- Whoop's partner
- Yokel's yell
- Whoop's kin
- Yell
- Cry out loud
- Call out
- Hoot partner
- Cry
- Complain loudly: Colloq.
More clues leading to the result SCREAM
- Horror-movie sound
- Laugh riot
- Groupie greeting
- 1996 horror movie
- Munch depiction
- Sound from a Beatles concertgoer
- Haunted house reaction
- Neve Campbell shocker
- Shriek
- It's hysterical
More clues leading to the result HAVEABAWL
More clues leading to the result SHEDATEAR
- Weep
- Demonstrate despair
- Showed emotion
- Show sadness
- Start to weep
- More than mist up
- Cry
- Clip wool from (4 to 7)
- Show sorrow
- Lament