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 |
| GLUM | 8 % | 4 |
| TEARY | 8 % | 5 |
| WOEFUL | 5 % | 6 |
| DOLEFUL | 5 % | 7 |
| DOWN | 3 % | 4 |
| TEARFUL | 3 % | 7 |
| DOLOROUS | 3 % | 8 |
| PLAINTIVE | 3 % | 9 |
| DEPLORABLE | 2 % | 10 |
| DOWNINTHEDUMPS | 2 % | 14 |
| LOUU | 2 % | 4 |
| DREAR | 2 % | 5 |
| PATHETIC | 2 % | 8 |
| MOROSE | 2 % | 6 |
| DREARY | 2 % | 6 |
| LAMENTABLE | 2 % | 10 |
| WOEBEGONE | 2 % | 9 |
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 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 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 WOEFUL
More clues leading to the result DOLEFUL
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 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 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
More clues leading to the result MOROSE
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