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 |
| SHEDTEARS | 2 % | 9 |
| SHRIEK | 2 % | 6 |
| YELP | 2 % | 4 |
| HOLLER | 1 % | 6 |
| SCREAM | 1 % | 6 |
| HAVEABAWL | 1 % | 9 |
| SHEDATEAR | 1 % | 9 |
| PERIODOFWEEPING | 1 % | 15 |
| EVOE | 1 % | 4 |
| UTTER | 1 % | 5 |
| EXCLAIM | 1 % | 7 |
| YELLOUT | 1 % | 7 |
| CALLOUT | 1 % | 7 |
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 SHEDTEARS
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 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
More clues leading to the result PERIODOFWEEPING
More clues leading to the result EVOE
- Bacchanalian cry
- Ancient cry of revelry
- Outcry of bygone revelers
- Greek reveler's utterance
- Bacchanals' cry.
- Cry of bacchanals.
- Bacchanal cry of exhilaration.
- Jubilant cry of Bacchanals.
- Bacchanal cry.
- Bacchic cry.