The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word YOWL which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2020.
Cry of distress crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| YOWL | 57 % | 4 |
| SAVEME | 7 % | 6 |
| HELPME | 7 % | 6 |
| YELP | 7 % | 4 |
| WOEISME | 4 % | 7 |
| HELP | 4 % | 4 |
| OHDEAR | 4 % | 6 |
| OOF | 4 % | 3 |
| YEOW | 4 % | 4 |
| OHNO | 4 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cry of distress
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- yell
- scream
- shout
- hoop
- loo
- rout
- shouting
- roar
- hollering
- bark
- yelling
- bray
Crossword Answer definitions
YOWL noun- A prolonged, loud cry, like the sound of an animal; a wail; a howl.
- Utter a yowl.
- Express by yowling; utter with a yowl.
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 YOWL
- Cry of pain
- Feline wail
- Caterwaul
- Dismal cry
- Cry of distress
- Mournful scream
- Mournful wail
- Cat call?
- Cat sound found in the answer at 63-Across
- Pained cry
More clues leading to the result SAVEME
- "Help!"
- Heroine's plea
- Cry to a lifeguard
- Cry of distress
- Damsel's cry
- Helpless heroine's plea
- Distressed damsel's cry
- Distress call
- Help!
- Help line?
More clues leading to the result HELPME
- Distress call
- Joni Mitchell hit of 1974
- "So ___ God"
- "I could use some assistance, please!"
- Rescue request
- Request for a hand
- Cry of distress
- Distressed request
- "I need another pair of hands, please"
- "I need a hand"
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 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 HELP
- "SOS!"
- Beatles film
- PC menu selection
- Fab Four flick
- Go to bat for
- Tech support, e.g.
- Intercede for
- Maids and butlers
- Mayday!
- 1965 Beatles hit
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 OOF
- Punch-in-the-stomach word
- Sock-in-the-gut sound
- Exclamation
- Punched-in-the-stomach utterance
- Punch response
- Gut reaction?
- "I can't believe you just said that"
- Pained comment?
- Punch line?
- Reaction to some bad news
More clues leading to the result YEOW
- "That really hurtssss!"
- "#$&@%!"
- "That smarts!"
- Stubbed-toe cry
- Cartoon shriek
- "___! That hurts!"
- "Ouch!"
- "That hurts!"
- "Holy cats!"
- "That hurts!"