The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EGAD , but the solution may also be YEESH! which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Good grief crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
EGAD | 42 % | 4 |
EGADS | 10 % | 5 |
SHEESH | 8 % | 6 |
ALAS | 3 % | 4 |
OHNO | 3 % | 4 |
YEESH | 3 % | 5 |
DEARME | 3 % | 6 |
JEEZ | 3 % | 4 |
YIPE | 3 % | 4 |
FORHEAVENSSAKE | 1 % | 14 |
UGH! | 1 % | 4 |
GEEZ | 1 % | 4 |
HORRORS | 1 % | 7 |
IDONTBELIEVEIT | 1 % | 14 |
ACK | 1 % | 3 |
YEESH! | 1 % | 6 |
OHGOSH | 1 % | 6 |
THATSIMPOSSIBLE | 1 % | 15 |
AWMAN | 1 % | 5 |
GOSH | 1 % | 4 |
EGADS! | 1 % | 6 |
GGLOUISE | 1 % | 8 |
HOLYMOLY | 1 % | 8 |
AARGH | 1 % | 5 |
RATS | 1 % | 4 |
Why may YEESH be the right solution?
"YEESH!" is a colloquial expression used to convey surprise, frustration, or disbelief, which makes it a fitting response to the exclamation "Good grief!" in a crossword puzzle.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Good grief
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- goodness
- holy shit
- jesus christ
- goddamned
- goddammit
- holy moly
- goddamnit
- goddam
- godawful
- god almighty
- griefs
- good riddance
Crossword Answer definitions
EGAD interjection- A mild exclamation of surprise, contempt, outrage, etc.
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 EGAD
- "Great Caesar's ghost!"
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
- "Omigod!"
- "Omigosh!"
- "Yikes!"
- "Zounds!" kin
- Goodness gracious!
- Holy cow, relative
- Mild epithet
- Mild exclamation
More clues leading to the result EGADS
- "My goodness!"
- "My word!"
- Old oath
- Quaint oath
- Zounds!
- Mild oath
- "I never!"
- "I say!"
- "Oh, bother"
- Astonished outburst
More clues leading to the result SHEESH
- "Come on, man"
- "Some nerve!"
- Exasperated outburst
- Eye-roller's exclamation
- "Geez!"
- "Gimme a break!"
- "What the hey!"
- Exclamation of exasperation
- "Golly!"
- "Crikey!"
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 YEESH
- "Oh fer gawds sake!"
- "You gotta be kidding"
- "Aw, man!"
- "Holy moly!"
- "What a pain!"
- "I don't believe it!"
- Exclamation of frustration
- "Oh, for goodness' sake!"
- "Oh jeez!"
- "Gimme a break!"
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 JEEZ
- "__ Louise!"
- "Gimme a break"
- "Gimme an effin' break"
- "Golly!"
- "Shucks!"
- "Gosh ... "
- "Good grief!"
- "Aw!"
- Annoyed interjection that borders on blasphemy
- "Holy cow!"
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 FORHEAVENSSAKE
- Why Japanese tipplers anticipate the afterlife?
- "Good grief!"
- "Oh, give me a break!"
- "@#$%! Close those pearly gates!"
More clues leading to the result UGH!
- Horrific cry
- “Aw, not again!”
- “I can’t even!”
- “This again?!”
- “Gross!”
- Exasperated cry
- “Yuck!”
- Cry of disgust that sounds like 24-Down
- “Good grief!”
- “This is the worst!”
More clues leading to the result GEEZ
- "__ Louise!"
- "For Chrissakes..."
- "Come the eff on!"
- "Aww!"
- "Holy cow!"
- "Fer cryin' out loud!"
- "Gimme a break!"
- Ethiopic
- "Wow!"
- "Yikes!"
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 IDONTBELIEVEIT
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 YEESH!
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 THATSIMPOSSIBLE
More clues leading to the result AWMAN
- "Jeezum crow!"
- "Give me a break!"
- "Fer cryin' out loud!"
- "Gimme a break!"
- "C'mon, pal!"
- "You gotta be kidding me!"
- "C'mon, bro!"
- "Oh, drat!"
- "Seriously, bro!"
- "Oh, no, bro!"
More clues leading to the result GOSH
- Mild oath
- "Gee whillikers!"
- "Gee!"
- "Holy mackerel!"
- "Well, I'll be!"
- "Jeepers!"
- "Wow!"
- "Oh, my!"
- "Wowsers!"
- "Oh my!"
More clues leading to the result EGADS!
More clues leading to the result GGLOUISE
More clues leading to the result HOLYMOLY
More clues leading to the result AARGH
- Exasperation exclamation
- "Why me?!"
- Cartoonish cry of woe
- Cry of exasperation
- Shout of frustration
- "Peanuts" cry
- "I'm so frustrated!"
- Charlie Brown's cry
- Frustrated cry
- Stereotypical pirate's cry