The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BLUE , but the solution may also be LOW which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Sad crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BLUE | 26 % | 4 |
| LOW | 11 % | 3 |
| TRISTE | 10 % | 6 |
| TEARY | 8 % | 5 |
| GLUM | 8 % | 4 |
| DOLEFUL | 5 % | 7 |
| WOEFUL | 5 % | 6 |
| TEARFUL | 3 % | 7 |
| DOLOROUS | 3 % | 8 |
| PLAINTIVE | 3 % | 9 |
| DOWN | 3 % | 4 |
| DREARY | 2 % | 6 |
| LAMENTABLE | 2 % | 10 |
| WOEBEGONE | 2 % | 9 |
| DEPLORABLE | 2 % | 10 |
| DOWNINTHEDUMPS | 2 % | 14 |
| LOUU | 2 % | 4 |
| DREAR | 2 % | 5 |
| PATHETIC | 2 % | 8 |
| MOROSE | 2 % | 6 |
Why may LOW be the right solution?
The word "low" can be a synonym for "sad," as in feeling down or depressed.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sad
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sadden
- doleful
- sorrowful
- tragic
- saddening
- mournful
- lamentable
- melancholic
- depressing
- bittersweet
- depressive
- pitiful
Crossword Answer definitions
BLUE noun- The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.
- A blue dye or pigment.
- Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
- Blue clothing
- (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
- A member of law enforcement
- The sky, literally or figuratively.
- The ocean; deep waters.
- The far distance; a remote or distant place.
- Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
- A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
- One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
- Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
- A bluefish.
- An argument.
- A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
- A type of firecracker.
- A bluestocking.
- One of the three color charges for quarks.
- To make or become blue.
- To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
- (laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid)
- To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
- Of the colour blue.
- Depressed, melancholic, sad.
- Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
- Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.
- Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
- (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
- (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
- Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.
- (of women) literary; bluestockinged.
- Having a color charge of blue.
- (entertainment) Risque or obscene
- (entertainment) Pornographic or profane.
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 BLUE
- "Am I __"
- A primary color
- Dejected
- Like Carl Perkins's suede shoes
- Sad
- Babe's color
- Depressed
- Down in the dumps
- Down
- Like Smurfs
More clues leading to the result LOW
- Like some blows
- Girl Scout founder
- Immoral
- First gear
- Contemptible
- In need of supplies
- Like a bass
- Underhanded
- With 39-Across, like some cigarettes
- At sea level
More clues leading to the result TRISTE
- Sorrowful
- Sad, on the Seine
- Sad
- Wistful
- Melancholy
- Sibelius's "Valse ___"
- "Valse ___": Sibelius
- Sad, to Sagan
- Sartre's "sorrowful"
- Sad, in Saint-Tropez
More clues leading to the result TEARY
- Like a happy ending, perhaps?
- Weeping
- Emotional
- All choked up
- About to burst?
- Choked up
- Verklempt
- Obviously distraught
- Maudlin
- Visibly upset
More clues leading to the result GLUM
- Down in the dumps
- Grinchy
- Saturnine
- Down at the mouth
- Down in the mouth
- Moody and melancholy
- Not eggsactly eggsuberant
- Dejected
- Morose
- Gravely morose
More clues leading to the result DOLEFUL
More clues leading to the result WOEFUL
More clues leading to the result TEARFUL
- With the waterworks turned on
- Noticeably sad
- Blue
- Sad
- Like some goodbyes
- Lachrymose.
- Lachrymose
- Visibly sad
- More than sad
- Poignant
More clues leading to the result DOLOROUS
More clues leading to the result PLAINTIVE
More clues leading to the result DOWN
- Fluffy feathers
- "Black Hawk ___" (2001 Ridley Scott movie)
- Like this answer
- See above
- Bummed
- This way
- Like this clue's answer
- The other way?
- Out partner
- Melancholy
More clues leading to the result DREARY
- Like a rainy day
- Cheerless
- Humdrum
- Lacking in liveliness
- Tedious
- Depressive
- Like a dismal day
- Gloomy
- Dismal
- Not all that bright
More clues leading to the result LAMENTABLE
- Far from fortunate
- Unfortunate
- Woebegone
- Widely mispronounced word meaning sorrowful.
- Deplorable.
- Distressing
- Sad
More clues leading to the result WOEBEGONE
- Depressed
- Forlorn
- Despondent
- Lugubrious
- Sad.
- AWAY, SORROW!
- Tragedy-stricken
- Miserable
- Keillor's "News from Lake ___"
More clues leading to the result DEPLORABLE
More clues leading to the result DOWNINTHEDUMPS
More clues leading to the result LOUU
More clues leading to the result DREAR
- Dark and gloomy
- Dismal
- Gloomy, in poetry
- Gloomy, in Brit Lit
- Lacking cheer, poetically
- Gloominess
- Dismal, to Donne
- Bleak
- Gloomy, poetically
- Bleak, to Blake
More clues leading to the result PATHETIC
- Pitiful
- Sad
- ___ fallacy.
- Exciting emotion.
- Terribly weak, as an excuse
- Worse than inadequate
- Ridiculously inadequate
- Miserably inadequate