Answer to ""What a pity"" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ALAS , but the solution may also be OH ME! which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).

"What a pity" crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
ALAS	60 %	4
SOSAD	25 %	5
HOWSAD	4 %	6
TSK	3 %	3
ALACK	1 %	5
IT’S SAD	1 %	10
DEARME	1 %	6
THATSSAD	1 %	8
ISNTITSAD	1 %	9
OH ME!	1 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "What a pity"

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

• shame
• shameful
• shamefully
• ashame
• ensemble
• ashamed
• disgraceful
• disgrace
• shend
• ignominious
• dishonour
• deplore

Crossword Answer definitions

ALAS interjection

1. Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief.

ALAS noun

1. A type of depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence of permafrost.

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 ALAS

• "Ah me!"
• "Ah, me!"
• "Bummer, man!"
• "More's the pity"
• "Poor me!"
• "What a pity"
• "Woe is me!"
• "__, poor Yorick!"
• "__, poor Yorick!": Shak.
• Cry of dismay

More clues leading to the result SOSAD

• "What a shame"
• "Bummer"
• "That sucks"
• "What a bummer"
• "Where's the Kleenex?"
• 1960 Everlys hit
• Everly Brothers single
• 1960 Everly Brothers hit
• 1960 hit for the Everly Brothers
• "What a pity!"

More clues leading to the result HOWSAD

• "Alas!"
• "What a shame!"
• "That's a shame"
• "What a pity!"
• Tearful words
• "Terrible"
• "That's a downer"
• "I'm sorry to hear that"

More clues leading to the result TSK

• "Shame!"
• "That's a pity"
• Sound of disapproval
• "Naughty, naughty!"·
• "Shame on you!"
• Expression of disapproval
• "Naughty, naughty!"
• Disdainful interjection
• Condescending cluck
• "For shame!"

More clues leading to the result ALACK

• Word of regret
• Alas's partner
• "Woe is me!" in Elizabethan times
• Word of woe
• Word in a woeful phrase
• Sometime partner of 4-Across
• Quaint word of dismay
• "Woe is me!"
• Loss comment
• Partner of alas

More clues leading to the result IT’S SAD

• “How tragic”
• “What a pity”

More clues leading to the result DEARME

• "Oh, my!"
• "Alas!"
• "Eek!"
• Peter Ustinov's book
• "Oh my goodness"
• "Good heavens!"
• "Goodness gracious!"
• Start of a diary entry?
• "Stars above!"
• "Good grief!"

More clues leading to the result THATSSAD

• "What a pity"

More clues leading to the result ISNTITSAD

• "What a pity!"

More clues leading to the result OH ME!

• “Alas!”
• “What a pity!”