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 |
| THATSSAD | 1 % | 8 |
| ISNTITSAD | 1 % | 9 |
| OH ME! | 1 % | 6 |
| ALACK | 1 % | 5 |
| IT’S SAD | 1 % | 10 |
| DEARME | 1 % | 6 |
Why may ALAS be the right solution?
The word "alas" is an interjection used to express sorrow, regret, or disappointment, which makes it an appropriate answer to the clue "What a pity!" in a crossword puzzle.
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- Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief.
- 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 THATSSAD
More clues leading to the result ISNTITSAD
More clues leading to the result OH ME!
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