The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ALAS , but the solution may also be ALAS! which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
"Woe is me!" crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
ALAS | 90 % | 4 |
ALACK | 7 % | 5 |
IMSAD | 1 % | 5 |
SIGH | 1 % | 4 |
BOOHOO | 1 % | 6 |
ALAS! | 1 % | 5 |
OHDEAR | 1 % | 6 |
Why may ALAS be the right solution?
"ALAS" is an interjection used to express sorrow or regret, which fits the meaning of the phrase "Woe is me!" perfectly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "Woe is me!"
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- woebegone
- woe betide
- sadness
- bewailing
- laments
- sorrowing
- misery
- miseries
- bewails
- sorrowed
- wretchedness
- sorrow
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 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 IMSAD
- Words next to a frowny face
- Meaning of :-(
- "When __ she comes to me with a thousand smiles": "Little Wing" lyric
- "Really __ ...": "Tears of a Clown" lyric
- :-(
- Moper's musing
- [Boo-hoo!]
- What a crying emoji means
- Blue words
- "[sigh]"
More clues leading to the result SIGH
- "Bunuel's "The Last __"
- Deep breath
- Sound of relief
- Sound of lamentation
- [Here we go again]
- Wistful sound
- Unexpressed "Alas"
- Unuttered "Alas"
- Sound of nostalgia
- Act relieved
More clues leading to the result BOOHOO
- Lombardo oldie
- "Poor me!"
- Crying sound
- Blubber
- Sound of a sob
- "Oh, poor you!"
- Mock cry
- Melodramatic cry
- Word of mock sadness
- Sarcastic "So sad"