The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ALAS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2022.
Word of regret crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
ALAS | 92 % | 4 |
ALACK | 4 % | 5 |
SORRY | 3 % | 5 |
SHOULDA | 1 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Word of regret
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- apology
- meculpa
- alas
- sorry
- alack
- bad
- cru
- cry
- damn
- lackaday
- miss
- missed
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 SORRY
- Good for nothing
- "Pardon me!"
- Contrite
- Game with an exclamation point in its name
- Woebegone
- "My fault"
- Rue-smitten
- "My bad"
- Classic board game
- "My humble apologies!"