The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ALAS , but the solution may also be ACK which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Cry of dismay crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ALAS | 35 % | 4 |
| OHNO | 28 % | 4 |
| YIPES | 7 % | 5 |
| ACK | 7 % | 3 |
| OHDEAR | 5 % | 6 |
| YIPE | 5 % | 4 |
| OYVEY | 3 % | 5 |
| HORRORS | 2 % | 7 |
| OOPS | 2 % | 4 |
| OHGOSH | 1 % | 6 |
| ALACK | 1 % | 5 |
| OHLORD | 1 % | 6 |
| EGAD | 1 % | 4 |
| OUCH | 1 % | 4 |
Why may ACK be the right solution?
"ACK" is a common exclamation used to express dismay or disgust. It is often used in comic strips and cartoons to represent a sudden realization or shock.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cry of dismay
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- exclamation
- outcry
- protest
- vociferously
- blatant
- agitation
- commotion
- loud
- incendiary
- instigation
- provocation
- rioting
Crossword Answer definitions
ALAS interjection- Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief.
- A type of depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence of permafrost.
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 ALAS
- "Ah me!"
- "Ah, me!"
- "Bummer, man!"
- "More's the pity"
- "Poor me!"
- "What a pity"
- "Woe is me!"
- "__, poor Yorick!"
- "__, poor Yorick!": Shak.
- Cry of dismay
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 YIPES
- Cry of dismay
- "Eeech!"
- "Ye gods!"
- "Eek!"
- Alarmed exclamation
- "Holy smoke!"
- "Holy cow!"
- "Uh-oh!"
- "Uh-oh"
- Suddenly shocked sound
More clues leading to the result ACK
- WWII fire, when doubled
- "Dammit!"
- "I hate it!"
- "I've had it up to here!"
- "This is all too much!"
- "Why is this happening to me?!"
- Exasperated cry
- Frustrated outburst
- Relative of "Oh, no!"
- [gross!]
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 YIPE
- Cry out sharply
- Word of surprise
- [gulp!]
- [gulp]
- Cry of alarm
- "Holy cow!"
- Pained cry
- Horrified cry
- "Eek!"
- Cry of dismay
More clues leading to the result OYVEY
- Kvetch's cry
- Kvetching phrase
- Words of woe
- Yiddish wail
- Words of dismay
- Yiddish "Yipes!"
- Kvetch's phrase
- Yiddish yelp
- "Oh, no!"
- Dismayed cry
More clues leading to the result HORRORS
- "Gadzooks!"
- "Oh, no!"
- Exaggerated "How awful!"
- "I'm shocked!"
- "Little Shop of __"
- "How absolutely awful!"
- "This is terrible!"
- "How awful!"
- Cry of dismay
- Exclamation of dismay.
More clues leading to the result OOPS
- Klutzy comment
- "Clumsy me!"
- Butterfingers's word
- "Crash!" accompaniment, often
- "I was wrong"
- "Sorry about that!"
- It often follows "Crash!"
- Oaf's cry
- Slipup followup, perhaps
- "My bad!"
More clues leading to the result OHGOSH
- "Holy cow!"
- "Jumping jiminy"
- "Well, gee"
- Cry of quaint surprise
- "Dear me!"
- Cry of dismay
- "Goodness gracious!"
- "Good grief!"
- "Jeepers!"
- "Yikes!"
More clues leading to the result ALACK
- Word of regret
- Alas's partner
- "Woe is me!" in Elizabethan times
- Word of woe
- Word in a woeful phrase
- Sometime partner of 4-Across
- Quaint word of dismay
- "Woe is me!"
- Loss comment
- Partner of alas
More clues leading to the result OHLORD
More clues leading to the result EGAD
- "Great Caesar's ghost!"
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
- "Omigod!"
- "Omigosh!"
- "Yikes!"
- "Zounds!" kin
- Goodness gracious!
- Holy cow, relative
- Mild epithet
- Mild exclamation