The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SAD , but the solution may also be SORRY which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Sorry crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SAD | 23 % | 3 |
| OOPS | 13 % | 4 |
| PARDONME | 10 % | 8 |
| RUEFUL | 9 % | 6 |
| PENITENT | 8 % | 8 |
| ICANT | 5 % | 5 |
| NOPE | 4 % | 4 |
| MYBAD | 3 % | 5 |
| ABJECT | 3 % | 6 |
| LAME | 3 % | 4 |
| MEACULPA | 3 % | 8 |
| IMSO | 1 % | 4 |
| REGRETFUL | 1 % | 9 |
| PITIFUL | 1 % | 7 |
| IBEGYOURPARDON | 1 % | 14 |
| APOLOGIES | 1 % | 9 |
| REMORSEFUL | 1 % | 10 |
| APOLOGETIC | 1 % | 10 |
| GOODFORNOTHING | 1 % | 14 |
| SORRY | 1 % | 5 |
| NOSOAP | 1 % | 6 |
| CONTRITE | 1 % | 8 |
| REGRETS | 1 % | 7 |
| MISERABLE | 1 % | 9 |
| RUING | 1 % | 5 |
| BOARDGAME | 1 % | 9 |
| NAH | 1 % | 3 |
Why may SAD be the right solution?
The answer "SAD" is the right solution because "Sorry" can be synonymous with feeling sad or expressing regret.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sorry
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sad
- regretful
- unhappy
- bad
- pitiful
- deplorable
- distressing
- lamentable
- remorseful
- worthless
- contrite
- dismal
Crossword Answer definitions
SAD verb- To make melancholy; to sadden or grieve (someone).
- (heading) Emotionally negative.
- Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
- Steadfast, valiant.
- Dignified, serious, grave.
- Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
- Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.
- Soggy (to refer to pastries).
- Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
- The letter ص in the Arabic script.
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 SAD
More clues leading to the result OOPS
- Klutzy comment
- "Clumsy me!"
- Butterfingers's word
- "Crash!" accompaniment, often
- "I was wrong"
- "Sorry about that!"
- It often follows "Crash!"
- Oaf's cry
- Slipup followup, perhaps
- "My bad!"
More clues leading to the result PARDONME
- "So sorry"
- "Sorry"
- "Very sorry"
- "So sorry!"
- Words said before a request for Grey Poupon
- Common commuter comment
- "Sorry about that"
- "My bad"
- "Please repeat that?"
- "Sorry!"
More clues leading to the result RUEFUL
More clues leading to the result PENITENT
More clues leading to the result ICANT
- Quitter's comment
- ___ begin to tell you...
- Whiner's cry
- "Previous engagement, sorry!"
- "Sorry"
- Quitter's claim
- "___ go on like this!"
- "___ wait!"
- "It's all too much!"
- Familiar excuse
More clues leading to the result NOPE
- "Uh-uh"
- Yup's opposite
- Curt negative
- "Uh-uh!"
- "Ain't happening"
- "Forget it"
- "Keep dreaming"
- "Nuh-uh"
- "Sorry, pal"
- "Unh-unh"
More clues leading to the result MYBAD
- "Sorry"
- "I blew it"
- "I'll take the blame"
- "Oops! I made a mistake!"
- "Oops! I goofed!"
- "I'm to blame"
- "I goofed"
- "Oops, sorry"
- "Sorry, I messed up"
- "Sorry about that"
More clues leading to the result ABJECT
- Wretched
- Spiritless
- Utterly miserable
- Utterly hopeless
- Miserable
- Sorry
- Hangdog
- Truly wretched
- Hopeless
- Disheartened
More clues leading to the result LAME
- Ineffectual
- Showy fabric
- Feeble, as an excuse
- Kind of excuse
- Unconvincing
- Sparkly material
- Difficult to take seriously
- Weak sauce
- "You can do better than that"
- Metallic fabric
More clues leading to the result MEACULPA
- Sorry words
- "Sorry!"
- How Cicero said "sorry"
- Formal apology
- Formal acknowledgment of error.
- My fault.
- Breast-beater's cry
- Error acknowledgment
- Fault line?
- Admission of sorts
More clues leading to the result IMSO
- The Beatles' "__ Tired"
- Beatles' "__ Tired"
- Pointer Sisters' "__ Excited"
- "__ sorry!"
- Lennon's "__ Tired"
- "__ Tired" (Beatles song)
- "___ happy for you!"
- The Pointer Sisters' "___ Excited"
- "___ sorry!" (words of apology)
- The Beatles' "___ Tired"
More clues leading to the result REGRETFUL
More clues leading to the result PITIFUL
More clues leading to the result IBEGYOURPARDON
More clues leading to the result APOLOGIES
More clues leading to the result REMORSEFUL
More clues leading to the result APOLOGETIC
- Full of "sorry"s
- With hat in hand, perhaps
- Contrite
- In a sorry state?
- Regretful
- Sorry
- Like released rocker's statement
More clues leading to the result GOODFORNOTHING
More clues leading to the result SORRY
- Good for nothing
- "Pardon me!"
- Contrite
- Game with an exclamation point in its name
- Woebegone
- "My fault"
- Rue-smitten
- "My bad"
- Classic board game
- "My humble apologies!"
More clues leading to the result NOSOAP
- Never!
- "Ain't happening!"
- "Nix!"
- "Forget it!"
- "Ain't happening"
- "Forget about it!"
- "Fat chance!"
- "Fuhgeddaboudit!"
- "You're out of luck"
- "Sorry, Charlie"
More clues leading to the result CONTRITE
More clues leading to the result REGRETS
- Invitation response, perhaps
- RSVP bad news
- RSVP option
- Is sorry for
- Polite RSVP reply
- Misgivings
- What an invitee may send
- Polite reply to an invitation.
- Rues the day.
- One answer to R. S. V. P.
More clues leading to the result MISERABLE
More clues leading to the result RUING
- Repentant
- Smarting with sorries
- Lamenting
- Regretting
- Feeling sorry for
- Experiencing regret
- Feeling badly about
- Being contrite
- Feeling regret
- Wishing undone
More clues leading to the result BOARDGAME
- Sorry!
- Scrabble, for one
- Clue, for one
- Monopoly, for one
- Family pastime
- Chess, for instance
- Othello, for one
- Entertainment found at the start of the answer to 17-, 21-, 27-, 45- or 54-Across
- ... component / Dreaded words in a video ...
- Classic activity for family night