The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EGAD , but the solution may also be GOODNESS ME! which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
"Heavens to Betsy!" crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
EGAD | 34 % | 4 |
DEARME | 13 % | 6 |
OHNO | 9 % | 4 |
EGADS | 7 % | 5 |
MERCY | 4 % | 5 |
YEGODS | 3 % | 6 |
MYGOSH | 2 % | 6 |
OHMY | 2 % | 4 |
MERCYME | 2 % | 7 |
DEARIEME | 2 % | 8 |
HOLYSMOKE | 1 % | 9 |
OHME | 1 % | 4 |
GOODNESS ME! | 1 % | 12 |
OHGOLLY | 1 % | 7 |
LANDSAKESALIVE | 1 % | 14 |
IDODECLARE | 1 % | 10 |
GRACIOUSME | 1 % | 10 |
IDECLARE | 1 % | 8 |
MYGOD | 1 % | 5 |
EGAD! | 1 % | 5 |
HOLYTOLEDO | 1 % | 10 |
YIPE | 1 % | 4 |
OHMYGOSH | 1 % | 8 |
OHDEAR | 1 % | 6 |
DEARYME | 1 % | 7 |
OH LORDY! | 1 % | 9 |
MYGOODNESS | 1 % | 10 |
GOODGRIEF | 1 % | 9 |
ISAY | 1 % | 4 |
BYJINGO | 1 % | 7 |
Why may EGAD be the right solution?
The term "EGAD!" is an exclamation of surprise or dismay, similar in meaning to "Heavens to Betsy!" Both are informal expressions used to convey astonishment or excitement.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "Heavens to Betsy!"
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- expression of surprise
- mercy
- arilus cristatus
- wheel bug
- ike
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- lord
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- lisa
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- age
- ail
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 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 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 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 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 YEGODS
- Old-time oath
- "Holy moly!"
- "Gadzooks!"
- "Heavens to Murgatroyd!"
- "Mercy me!"
- "Oh me, oh my!"
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
- "Holy cannoli!"
- "Great Caesar's ghost!"
- 'By Jove!'
More clues leading to the result MYGOSH
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
- "Heavens!"
- "Holy moly!"
- Cry of surprise
- Rustic exclamation
- "For heaven's sake!"
- "Goodness me!"
- "Holy cow!"
- "Goodness gracious!"
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 MERCYME
- "Good lord!"
- "Heavens!"
- "Good heavens!"
- "Well I'll be!"
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
- "Oh, lordy!"
- Expression of alarm
More clues leading to the result DEARIEME
More clues leading to the result HOLYSMOKE
- "Unbelievable!"
- "Gee whiz!"
- Cry of surprise
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
- Cry as a church catches fire?
- "Yikes!"
- "Omigosh!"
- "Good gravy!"
- "Yipes!"
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 GOODNESS ME!
More clues leading to the result OHGOLLY
More clues leading to the result LANDSAKESALIVE
More clues leading to the result IDODECLARE
- Exclamation from Scarlett
- "Well!"
- "How about that!"
- "Land sakes alive!"
- "Bless my soul!"
- "Isn't that something!"
- "My word!"
- Southern belle's expression
- "Ain't that somethin'!"
- Cry of surprise
More clues leading to the result GRACIOUSME
More clues leading to the result IDECLARE
- "Oh, my!"
- "Land sakes!"
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
- "Well!"
- "My word!"
- "Goodness me!"
- "My stars!"
- *"My stars!"
- "My!"
- Surprised exclamation.
More clues leading to the result MYGOD
- Head-shaking phrase
- "Holy cow!"
- "Nearer, __, to Thee"
- Cry of astonishment
- "Holy Toledo!"
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
- "Oh no!"
- "Sheesh!"
- "Heavens to Murgatroyd!"
- "Unbelievable!"
More clues leading to the result EGAD!
More clues leading to the result HOLYTOLEDO
- Words from Robin to Batman, maybe
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
- "Omigosh"
- "Wow!"
- Expression of wonderment
- "Unbelievable!"
- "Shocking!," to an Ohio tourist?
- Robin's exclamation
- "My lord!"
- "Man, oh, man!"
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 OHMYGOSH
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 DEARYME
More clues leading to the result OH LORDY!
More clues leading to the result MYGOODNESS
More clues leading to the result GOODGRIEF
- "Heavens!"
- Exclamation popularized by 20-Across
- Expression of disappointment, see 17 Across
- "Peanuts" comment
- "Peanuts" epithet
- Charlie Brown's "Oh no!"
- Brown outburst
- "Peanuts" outburst
- Catchwords from Charlie Brown
- "Heavens to Betsy!"
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