Answer to ""Holy cow!"" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word EGAD , but the solution may also be EGAD! which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).

"Holy cow!" crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
EGAD	14 %	4
YIPES	9 %	5
GEE	9 %	3
YIPE	9 %	4
WOW	6 %	3
MAN	6 %	3
YIKES	5 %	5
EGADS	5 %	5
GOSH	4 %	4
OHMAN	2 %	5
MYGOD	2 %	5
MANALIVE	2 %	8
OMIGOSH	1 %	7
WOWIE	1 %	5
SHEESH	1 %	6
GEEZ	1 %	4
GAD	1 %	3
JEEPERSCREEPERS	1 %	15
BOY	1 %	3
YEESH	1 %	5
CRIKEY	1 %	6
ZOWIE	1 %	5
OHMY	1 %	4
OHNO	1 %	4
OHMYGOD	1 %	7
OMG!	1 %	4
MYGOSH	1 %	6
OHGOSH	1 %	6
UHOH	1 %	4
ZOUNDS	1 %	6
CRIPES	1 %	6
YOWZA	1 %	5
YOWZAH	1 %	6
EGAD!	1 %	5
DEARGOD	1 %	7
YOWIE	1 %	5
SCOTT	1 %	5
ZEBU	1 %	4
GASP	1 %	4
GOLLY	1 %	5
GEEWILLIKERS	1 %	12
JEEZ	1 %	4
MANOHMAN	1 %	8
BOY!	1 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "Holy cow!"

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• holy moly
• holy shit
• holy mother
• holy man
• holy see
• god almighty
• jesus christ
• holy terror
• holyrood
• holy oil
• holy writ
• crikey

Crossword Answer definitions

EGAD interjection

1. 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 YIPES

• Cry of dismay
• "Eeech!"
• "Ye gods!"
• "Eek!"
• Alarmed exclamation
• "Holy smoke!"
• "Holy cow!"
• "Uh-oh!"
• "Uh-oh"
• Suddenly shocked sound

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 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 WOW

• "Holy mackerel!"
• Word before and after "just," in an annoyingly common reaction
• Bowl over
• Knock one's socks off
• "I'm impressed!"
• "Did you just say what I thought you said?"
• Floor
• Knock the socks off
• "Remarkable!"
• "Unreal!"

More clues leading to the result MAN

• Checker piece
• Chess queen, strangely, enough
• To a __ (without exception)
• "I'm a ___" (Bo Diddley hit)
• "Wow!"
• Superhero suffix
• ___ overboard!
• Fit out
• Game piece
• Staff

More clues leading to the result YIKES

• "Gadzooks!"
• "Gulp!"
• "Omigosh!"
• "Yeow!"
• "Whoops!"
• "Yowza!"
• "Egads!"
• "Zowie!"
• "Uh-oh!"
• "Oh, no!"

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 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 OHMAN

• "Now why'd you have to tell me that?"
• "Sheesh!"
• "Holy cow!"
• "Give me a break!"
• "Brother!"
• "You gotta be kidding"
• "You gotta be kidding!"
• "You've got to be kidding!"
• "You have got to be kidding!"
• "Bro-ther!"

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 MANALIVE

• "Wow!"
• Holy smoke!
• "Holy cow!"
• "Gee!"
• End of the quote
• Saying equal to "Oh, boy!"
• Boy! oh boy!
• Relative of "Oh boy!"
• Exclamatory intensive.
• Intensive exclamation.

More clues leading to the result OMIGOSH

• "Yipes!"
• "Yikes!"
• Response to a shock
• Quaint "Jeepers!"
• "Holy cow!"
• "Wow!"
• "Heavens!"
• Dagwood exclamation
• Dagwood's "Goodness!"
• Cry of panic

More clues leading to the result WOWIE

• "Day-um!"
• Reaction to an eye-popper
• "Who'd-a thunk?"
• Exclamation of surprise
• Exclamation of delight
• Delighted shout
• "Cowabunga!"
• "That's the coolest thing!"
• "Zounds!"
• "Holy Toledo!"

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 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 GAD

• Flit about
• Gallivant
• Wander (about)
• Roam around
• Meander
• Be footloose
• Amble
• ___ about (roam)
• Go a-roving
• Ramble around

More clues leading to the result JEEPERSCREEPERS

• "___!"
• Song that asks "Where'd you get those eyes?"
• "Good golly!"
• Louis Armstrong classic
• Song in the 1938 film "Going Places"
• "Holy Toledo!"
• '38 tune introduced by Louis Armstrong
• Johnny Mercer song
• Quaint cry of surprise
• "Golly!"

More clues leading to the result BOY

• Man, once
• Scout leader?
• Baby in blue
• Tarzan's movie son
• At the circled square, a '90s "TGIF" sitcom
• Breakdancer, in old hip-hop slang
• Little squirt
• Cash's Sue, e.g.
• __ on a Dolphin
• Tarzan's kid

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 CRIKEY

• Aussie's "Blimey!"
• "Geez!"
• "Jiminy!"
• "Goodness, mate!"
• "Holy cow!"
• "Holy moly!"
• Steve Irwin exclamation
• "Holy smokes!"

More clues leading to the result ZOWIE

• "Wowie ___!"
• "Ni-i-i-ice!"
• "Yahoo!"
• Ecstatic exclamation
• "Yikes!"
• Expression of surprise
• "Holy moly!"
• "Holy mackerel!"
• Cry of delight
• "Awesome!"

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 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 OHMYGOD

• "Heavens!"
• "Holy cow!"

More clues leading to the result OMG!

• “No way!,” in a text
• [!!!]
• “WHOA!”
• “Daaaang!”
• Astonished letters
• “Srsly!?”
• “Holy cow!”
• Shocked letters
• Cry of surprise in a text

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 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 UHOH

• "Oops"
• "We're in deep doo-doo!"
• "Here comes trouble!"
• Oops!
• Robert Fulgham best seller
• Concerned expression
• "Yipes!"
• "Fffffff..."
• "I have a bad feeling about this"
• "I think I stepped in something"

More clues leading to the result ZOUNDS

• "I say!"
• "My goodness!"
• "By Jove!"
• "Gadzooks!"
• Old oath
• Antiquated oath
• Old-time oath
• Partner of gadzooks.
• "Egad!”
• "Holy smokes!"

More clues leading to the result CRIPES

• "Gee!"
• Minced oath
• "Jeepers!"
• Exclamation of astonishment
• Mild oath
• "Golly!"
• "Jeez Louise!"
• "Darn!"
• "Sheesh!"
• "Holy cow!"

More clues leading to the result YOWZA

• "Holy moly!"
• "Yikes!"
• "Holy cow!"
• "Oh baby!"
• "Incredible!"
• "Whoa, baby!"
• 'Wowie!'
• "You scared me!"
• "Holy guacamole!"

More clues leading to the result YOWZAH

• Cry of delight
• Cry of surprise
• Exclamation of delight
• "Holy moly!"
• "Holy cow!"

More clues leading to the result EGAD!

• “Yikes!”
• “Crikey!”
• “Holy cow!”
• “Good heavens!”
• “Great Scott!”
• “Heavens to Betsy!”
• Quaint cry

More clues leading to the result DEARGOD

• *"Holy cow!"
• 1996 Greg Kinnear film
• Response to awful news
• "Heavens!"
• "Oh, jeez!"
• "Holy Toledo!"
• "My heavens!"
• Religious XTC hit?
• "Good Lord!"
• "For heaven's sake!"

More clues leading to the result YOWIE

• "Owwwwww!"
• "Ouch!"
• "Holy cow!"
• Dismayed cry
• "That hurts!"
• "That smarts!"
• "That really hurts!"
• Pained expression?
• Smart reaction
• 'Ouch!'

More clues leading to the result SCOTT

• Coretta __ King
• Anthem composer's middle name
• Astronaut Carpenter
• Dred or Willard
• Figure skating champion, Hamilton
• Quentin Durward author
• "Ivanhoe" author
• Polar explorer
• 1852 loser to Pierce
• Patton portrayer who declined the Oscar

More clues leading to the result ZEBU

• Ox of India
• Sacred cow breed
• Indian ox
• Humped bovine
• Hump-shouldered bovine
• Indian cattle
• Asian ox
• Cow of India
• Indian beast of burden
• Oxlike animal with a shoulder hump.

More clues leading to the result GASP

• Reaction of surprise
• Post-aerobics breath, perhaps
• Shocked reaction
• Shocking reaction
• Breathe laboriously
• Express surprise
• Wheeze
• Pant
• Sound from one who was underwater too long
• Shocked sound

More clues leading to the result GOLLY

• "Holy cow!"
• "My word!"
• "Betcha By ___, Wow" (1972 Stylistics hit)
• "Gee whiz!"
• Exclamation from Gomer Pyle
• Wow!
• "Will you look at that!"
• "Wow!"
• "Well, I'll be!"
• "Wowie!"

More clues leading to the result GEEWILLIKERS

• "Omigosh!"
• "Holy cow!"
• "Good golly!"
• *"My goodness!"
• "Egad!"

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 MANOHMAN

• "Fer cryin' out loud!"
• "Holy smokes!"
• "Holy cow!"
• "Hoo boy!"

More clues leading to the result BOY!

• “Holy cow!”