Answer to "Turn on the waterworks" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word CRY , but the solution may also be SOB which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in LA Times).

Turn on the waterworks crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
CRY	36 %	3
BAWL	26 %	4
SOB	21 %	3
WEEP	17 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Turn on the waterworks

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

• burst into tears
• burst out crying
• cry one's eyes out
• cry someone a river
• dry one's eyes
• cry like a baby
• throw a fit
• get wet
• shed a tear
• come on
• weep buckets
• cry the blues

Crossword Answer definitions

CRY noun

1. A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
2. A shout or scream.
3. Words shouted or screamed.
4. A clamour or outcry.
5. A group of hounds.
6. (by extension) A pack or company of people.
7. (of an animal) A typical sound made by the species in question.
8. A desperate or urgent request.
9. Common report; gossip.

CRY verb

1. To shed tears; to weep.
2. To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
3. To shout, scream, yell.
4. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
5. To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
6. To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, etc.
7. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.

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 CRY

• Shed tears
• Bawl
• Blubber
• "__ Me a River"
• Hue's partner
• React to spilled milk?
• Get blubbery
• Burst into tears
• Have a bawl
• Try to get things your way (if you're a three year old)

More clues leading to the result BAWL

• Cry
• Wail
• Weep loudly
• Be like a baby
• Make a lot of tears
• React to the end of "Titanic," if you're me
• Get audibly upset
• Weep and wail
• Blubber
• Turn on the waterworks

More clues leading to the result SOB

• Cry
• Weep
• Blubber
• Cry out loud
• Shed tears
• Weep aloud
• Weep convulsively
• Weep loudly
• Boohoo
• Shed a few tears

More clues leading to the result WEEP

• Grieve
• Have a bawl?
• Shed tears
• React to a chick flick, maybe
• Respond to the end of "Titanic," I suppose
• Turn on the waterworks
• Blubber
• Tear up
• Emulate Niobe
• Get teary