The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DOLOR which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2022.
Sorrow crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DOLOR | 40 % | 5 |
| WOE | 30 % | 3 |
| RUE | 7 % | 3 |
| GRIEVE | 5 % | 6 |
| SADNESS | 5 % | 7 |
| GRIEF | 5 % | 5 |
| TEARS | 3 % | 5 |
| REMORSE | 2 % | 7 |
| REGRET | 1 % | 6 |
| HEARTBREAK | 1 % | 10 |
| HEARTACHE | 1 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sorrow
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sorrowfulness
- sadness
- grieve
- grief
- ruefulness
- regret
- sad
- sorrowful
- grieved
- heartache
- tragic
- grieving
Crossword Answer definitions
DOLOR noun- Sorrow, grief, misery or anguish.
- A unit of pain used to theoretically weigh people's outcomes.
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 DOLOR
- Sorrow
- Extreme sadness
- Extreme sorrow
- Grief
- Intense grief
- Painful grief
- Great sadness
- Sadness
- Tremendous grief
- Heartbreak
More clues leading to the result WOE
- "__ is me!
- Hand-wringer's word
- Misfortune
- Deep distress
- Heartache
- Wednesday's child is full of it
- Grief
- Blue state?
- Misery
- Ailment
More clues leading to the result RUE
- "The Murders in the __ Morgue"
- Actress McClanahan
- 35D, in Paris
- Be contrite
- Feel remorse
- McClanahan of "The Golden Girls"
- Paris street
- Quebec street-sign word
- Sorry state
- Street in Paris
More clues leading to the result GRIEVE
- Feel sorrow
- Mourn
- Show sorrow
- Shed tears
- Eat one's heart out
- Feel sorrow for a loss
- "For pleasures past I do not __ ...": Byron
- Lament
- Feel the pain of a loss
- Be heavy-hearted
More clues leading to the result SADNESS
More clues leading to the result GRIEF
- "Good __!" ("Peanuts" phrase)
- Mourners' emotion
- "Good __!"
- A good ribbing
- Heartbreak
- "Good __, Charlie Brown!"
- "Good ___!" ("Peanuts" exclamation)
- "Good ___!"
- Heartache
- See 86 Across
More clues leading to the result TEARS
- Troubled waters?
- Peeling onion after effects
- Onion byproducts
- Pulls apart
- Eye drops
- Forgoes scissors
- With 36-Across, attacks verbally
- Crying
- Salty drops
- Makers of wet tracks
More clues leading to the result REMORSE
- Self-reproach
- Compunction
- Atoner's emotion
- "One man's ___ is another man's reminiscence": Ogden Nash
- Contrition
- Moral anguish
- Breast-beating
- Retrospective regret
- Sorrowful feeling
- Guilt
More clues leading to the result REGRET
- Feel contrition
- "King Lear" theme
- Have second thoughts
- Feeling of rue
- Feel remorse
- Lament
- Feel sorry about
- Rue
- Feel contrite about
- Be sorry for
More clues leading to the result HEARTBREAK
- "The ___ Kid" (1972 Neil Simon comedy)
- Anguish after a romantic split
- "__ Hotel" (Elvis tune)
- Shaw "House."
- Sorrow
- Shaw's "___ House"
- 1972 Charles Grodin film, with "The"
- Lover's hurt
- Danger of falling in love