The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DEARME , but the solution may also be I SAY! which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
"Goodness!" crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
DEARME | 26 % | 6 |
OHMY | 21 % | 4 |
MYMY | 18 % | 4 |
OHDEAR | 5 % | 6 |
MYWORD | 5 % | 6 |
GEE | 3 % | 3 |
VIRTUE | 3 % | 6 |
ILLBE | 2 % | 5 |
OHME | 2 % | 4 |
HEAVENSTOBETSY | 2 % | 14 |
OH LORD … | 2 % | 11 |
OHMEOHMY | 2 % | 8 |
EGADS | 2 % | 5 |
ISAY | 2 % | 4 |
OH MY | 2 % | 5 |
MERCY | 2 % | 5 |
ELSE | 2 % | 4 |
WORTH | 2 % | 5 |
I SAY! | 2 % | 6 |
Why may MERCY be the right solution?
"MERCY" is an exclamation used to express surprise or shock. It is often used as a substitute for "Goodness!" or "Oh my!" in informal situations.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "Goodness!"
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- good
- warm-heartedness
- gracious
- kindness
- goodwill
- bounty
- generosity
- benevolence
- quality
- mercy
- happiness
- fortune
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 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 OHMY
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
- "This is bad ..."
- "Good heavens!"
- "Heavens!"
- "That's surprising!"
- Expression of alarm
- "Gracious!"
- "This certainly isn't what I expected"
- "I didn't expect that!"
- "Goodness!"
More clues leading to the result MYMY
- "Hmm, what do we have here?"
- "Heavens!"
- "Goodness!"
- "Fancy that!"
- "Goodness gracious!"
- "What have we here?"
- Expression of mild surprise
- "Oh, dear!"
- "Well, I declare!"
- "You don't say!"
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 MYWORD
More clues leading to the result GEE
- "Golly!"
- "___ whiz"
- Start to whiz?
- Whiz lead-in
- Beaver exclamation
- Command to a horse
- Golly
- Step in the right direction
- Turn right
- Word from Beaver Cleaver
More clues leading to the result VIRTUE
- Prudence, for one
- Trait to admire
- Patience, say
- Moral excellence
- Moral fiber
- Faith, hope, or charity
- Goodness
- Patience, for one
- Basis of morality
- Patience, they say
More clues leading to the result ILLBE
- "Consider me surprised!"
- "How about that!"
- "Who knew?"
- Reply of surprise
- "Well, dog my cats"
- "Well ___!" ("Fancy that!")
- "Who'da thunk it!"
- "Son of a gun!"
- "Well, ___ darned!"
- "Well!"
More clues leading to the result OHME
- "Alas!"
- Words of woe
- Despondent cry
- "Dear, dear!"
- Woeful cry
- Words of worry
- "Alas"
- "Good heavens!"
- "Goodness gracious!"
- Worrier's words
More clues leading to the result HEAVENSTOBETSY
- Goodness!
- Relative of "Gracious!"
- Cry at a flagmaker's funeral?
- "Yikes!"
- What flagmaker Ross said ...?
- "Omigosh, girl!"
- "Yikes!" to a noted flagmaker?
- Wow!
- "Wow!"
- "Golly gee!"
More clues leading to the result OH LORD …
More clues leading to the result OHMEOHMY
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 ISAY
- "Do as __, ..."
- Greenwich "Gee!"
- Brit's conversation starter
- British exclamation
- Britisher's exclamation
- Gosh! to an Englishman
- "By Jove!"
- "My stars!"
- Brit's cry
- Brits say this
More clues leading to the result OH MY
More clues leading to the result MERCY
- Benevolence
- Compassionate treatment
- Compassion
- Condemned man's request
- What a lenient judge may show
- "Have __!"
- "Goodness gracious!"
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
- "My heavens!"
- Feeling of compassion
More clues leading to the result ELSE
- Otherwise
- "So what __ is new?"
- "Stop or __!"
- Besides
- Choice word
- Choice word?
- Different
- If not
- Other
- Ultimatum ender
More clues leading to the result WORTH
- Mary of comics
- Valued at
- Net amount
- Value
- Dollar value
- "What's it ___ to you?"
- Value, as in money
- Mary of the comics
- Equal in value to
- "For What It's ___" (1967 Buffalo Springfield song)