Answer to ""What a shame"" 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 SO SAD! which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).

"What a shame" crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
ALAS	43 %	4
TOOBAD	18 %	6
SOSAD	14 %	5
TSK	6 %	3
OHNO	4 %	4
PITY	3 %	4
HOWSAD	3 %	6
AWGEE	3 %	5
ITSSAD	3 %	6
TUTTUT	1 %	6
SORRYTOHEARTHAT	1 %	15
SO SAD!	1 %	7

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

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

• pity
• alas
• sadly
• pitty
• ahhhh
• awwww
• ahhh
• shame
• ahhhhh
• aaah
• awww
• sorry

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 TOOBAD

• "Awww!"
• Commiserative words
• "Tsk, tsk"
• "What a shame"
• "That's a shame"
• "Alas!"
• "Them's the breaks!"
• "Bummer!"
• "Aww ... tough luck!"
• "Tough toenails!"

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 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 OHNO

• "This can't be!"
• Follows an accident
• Words of dismay
• "Sakes alive!"
• "Say it ain't so!"
• Rats!
• "Heavens to Betsy!"
• "Dammit all!"
• Speed skating gold medalist
• "Can't be..."

More clues leading to the result PITY

• "Tsk!"
• Ache for
• A matter of regret
• Show compassion
• Sympathetic feeling
• Feel sorry for
• Ruth
• Crying shame
• "___ is for the living, Envy is for the dead": Mark Twain
• Sympathetic sorrow

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 AWGEE

• "Bummer"
• "Shucks!"
• "Bummer!"
• Disappointed comment
• Foot-scuffing remark
• "___, do I have to?"
• Words accompanying a blush
• "That's too bad"
• "That's rough"
• "What a shame"

More clues leading to the result ITSSAD

• "How tragic"
• "That's a shame"
• "What a shame"
• "Alas ..."
• "So tragic"
• Expression of pity

More clues leading to the result TUTTUT

• "For shame!"
• Impatient interjection
• Clucks of disapproval
• Critical sounds
• "My, my, that's a no-no"
• "Shame on you!"
• "Naughty!"
• "Don't do that!"
• Reproachful remark
• Mild reproof.

More clues leading to the result SORRYTOHEARTHAT

• Sympathetic response
• Phrase of sympathy
• "That's a shame"
• "What a shame"
• "What a shame!" (8)

More clues leading to the result SO SAD!

• “What a shame!”