Answer to ""Yikes!"" crossword clue

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

"Yikes!" crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
EGAD	29 %	4
OHNO	21 %	4
EEK	10 %	3
UHOH	10 %	4
EGADS	6 %	5
ZOWIE	3 %	5
OHOH	3 %	4
OMIGOSH	2 %	7
ACK	1 %	3
JEEPERS	1 %	7
JEEPERSCREEPERS	1 %	15
HOLYCOW	1 %	7
EEK!	1 %	4
YEOW	1 %	4
GAD	1 %	3
GULP	1 %	4
LANDSAKESALIVE	1 %	14
SHEESH	1 %	6
HOLYSMOKES	0 %	10
HOLYMACKEREL	0 %	12
OH GOD!	0 %	7
OHDEAR	0 %	6
ULP	0 %	3
EGAD!	0 %	5
GEEZ	0 %	4
HEAVENSTOBETSY	0 %	14
HOLYMOSES	0 %	9
HOLYMOLY	0 %	8
GREATSCOTT	0 %	10
WOW	0 %	3
JEEZ	0 %	4
HOLYSMOKE	0 %	9
ACK!	0 %	4
OHGOSH	0 %	6
OHGOD	0 %	5
YOWZA	0 %	5
GOODGRAVY	0 %	9
OOF	0 %	3
OHWOW	0 %	5
OHMY	0 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "Yikes!"

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

• wow
• jeez
• oops
• geez
• drat
• gosh
• darn
• gee
• damn
• crap
• whoops
• oop

Crossword Answer definitions

EGAD interjection

1. A mild exclamation of surprise, contempt, outrage, etc.

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 EGAD

• "Great Caesar's ghost!"
• "Heavens to Betsy!"
• "Omigod!"
• "Omigosh!"
• "Yikes!"
• "Zounds!" kin
• Goodness gracious!
• Holy cow, relative
• Mild epithet
• Mild exclamation

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 EEK

• "A mouse!"
• Cartoon cry
• Cartoon scream
• Comic-strip squeal
• Comics scream
• Cry of alarm
• Exclamation of fright
• Shout of startlement
• "____, a mouse!"
• Cartoon shriek

More clues leading to the result UHOH

• "Oops"
• "We're in deep doo-doo!"
• "Here comes trouble!"
• Oops!
• Robert Fulgham best seller
• Concerned expression
• "Yipes!"
• "Fffffff..."
• "I have a bad feeling about this"
• "I think I stepped in something"

More clues leading to the result EGADS

• "My goodness!"
• "My word!"
• Old oath
• Quaint oath
• Zounds!
• Mild oath
• "I never!"
• "I say!"
• "Oh, bother"
• Astonished outburst

More clues leading to the result ZOWIE

• "Wowie ___!"
• "Ni-i-i-ice!"
• "Yahoo!"
• Ecstatic exclamation
• "Yikes!"
• Expression of surprise
• "Holy moly!"
• "Holy mackerel!"
• Cry of delight
• "Awesome!"

More clues leading to the result OHOH

• "We're in deep yogurt!"
• "Pick me! Pick me!"
• "Pick me, pick me"
• Anticipatory cry
• "Here comes trouble!"
• "__, I'm Falling in Love Again" (1958 hit)
• "We got trouble!"
• "My bad"
• "This could be a problem"
• "I've got a bad feeling!"

More clues leading to the result OMIGOSH

• "Yipes!"
• "Yikes!"
• Response to a shock
• Quaint "Jeepers!"
• "Holy cow!"
• "Wow!"
• "Heavens!"
• Dagwood exclamation
• Dagwood's "Goodness!"
• Cry of panic

More clues leading to the result ACK

• WWII fire, when doubled
• "Dammit!"
• "I hate it!"
• "I've had it up to here!"
• "This is all too much!"
• "Why is this happening to me?!"
• Exasperated cry
• Frustrated outburst
• Relative of "Oh, no!"
• [gross!]

More clues leading to the result JEEPERS

• "By golly!"
• "Whillikers!"
• "Yikes!"
• Bobbysoxer's exclamation.
• "Gosh!"
• "Golly!"
• "Yipes!"

More clues leading to the result JEEPERSCREEPERS

• "___!"
• Song that asks "Where'd you get those eyes?"
• "Good golly!"
• Louis Armstrong classic
• Song in the 1938 film "Going Places"
• "Holy Toledo!"
• '38 tune introduced by Louis Armstrong
• Johnny Mercer song
• Quaint cry of surprise
• "Golly!"

More clues leading to the result HOLYCOW

• Harry Caray or Phil Rizzuto exclamation
• "My goodness!"
• Harry Caray exclamation
• "Jumpin' Jehosaphat!"
• "Jeepers!"
• Exclamation of surprise
• "Gee whiz!"
• Mild oath
• "Yikes!"
• "Yipes!"

More clues leading to the result EEK!

• Comic-strip cry
• Shriek of fear
• Shrill shriek
• “A mouse!”
• High-pitched cry
• Frightened cry
• “Yikes!”
• Cry that’s a homophone (and anagram) of 55-Down
• Startled cry
• “There’s something in the pantry!”

More clues leading to the result YEOW

• "That really hurtssss!"
• "#$&@%!"
• "That smarts!"
• Stubbed-toe cry
• Cartoon shriek
• "___! That hurts!"
• "Ouch!"
• "That hurts!"
• "Holy cats!"
• "That hurts!"

More clues leading to the result GAD

• Flit about
• Gallivant
• Wander (about)
• Roam around
• Meander
• Be footloose
• Amble
• ___ about (roam)
• Go a-roving
• Ramble around

More clues leading to the result GULP

• Seem nervous
• Unspoken "uh-oh"
• Big swig
• Swallow eagerly
• [They've found me out!]
• Swallow hungrily, with "down"
• Swallowing sound
• Swift swallow
• [I'm in trouble!]
• Big swallow

More clues leading to the result LANDSAKESALIVE

• Heavens to Betsy!
• "Yikes!"
• "Oh my stars!"
• "Yikes!" to a pirate?
• "Golly gee!"

More clues leading to the result SHEESH

• "Come on, man"
• "Some nerve!"
• Exasperated outburst
• Eye-roller's exclamation
• "Geez!"
• "Gimme a break!"
• "What the hey!"
• Exclamation of exasperation
• "Golly!"
• "Crikey!"

More clues leading to the result HOLYSMOKES

• "Great Caesar's ghost!"
• "Wow!"
• Surprised cry
• "Yikes!"
• Exclamations

More clues leading to the result HOLYMACKEREL

• Ceremonial fish?
• Exclamation of surprise
• "Wow!"
• "Great Scott!"
• "Good golly!"
• Exclamation of amazement
• "That's a surprise!"
• ANGELFISH?
• Fishy exclamation.
• Relative of yipes

More clues leading to the result OH GOD!

• “Lord above!”
• “Good Lord!”
• “Yikes!”
• “Good heavens!”

More clues leading to the result OHDEAR

• "My goodness!"
• "Here we go again"
• "Mercy me!"
• Phrase of distress
• "How awful!"
• "Oops!"
• Worrywart's exclamation
• "This isn't good!"
• "Goodness gracious!"
• "How worrisome!"

More clues leading to the result ULP

• Throaty comment denoting worry
• Comics gasp
• "Yikes!"

More clues leading to the result EGAD!

• “Yikes!”
• “Crikey!”
• “Holy cow!”
• “Good heavens!”
• “Great Scott!”
• “Heavens to Betsy!”
• Quaint cry

More clues leading to the result GEEZ

• "__ Louise!"
• "For Chrissakes..."
• "Come the eff on!"
• "Aww!"
• "Holy cow!"
• "Fer cryin' out loud!"
• "Gimme a break!"
• Ethiopic
• "Wow!"
• "Yikes!"

More clues leading to the result HEAVENSTOBETSY

• Goodness!
• Relative of "Gracious!"
• Cry at a flagmaker's funeral?
• "Yikes!"
• What flagmaker Ross said ...?
• "Omigosh, girl!"
• "Yikes!" to a noted flagmaker?
• Wow!
• "Wow!"
• "Golly gee!"

More clues leading to the result HOLYMOSES

• "Cowabunga!"
• "Wow!"
• Yikes!

More clues leading to the result HOLYMOLY

• Expression of surprise
• "Jumping Jehosaphat!"
• "Yikes!"
• "Wow!"
• Good grief!
• "Gadzooks!"

More clues leading to the result GREATSCOTT

• "My heavens!"
• "Gadzooks!"
• "Holy Toledo!"
• "Wow!"
• Exclamation of surprise.
• "Holy mackerel!"
• "Heavens to Murgatroyd!"
• "Yikes!"
• "Outstanding, skater Hamilton!"
• Line from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" that causes audience members to throw toilet paper at the screen

More clues leading to the result WOW

• "Holy mackerel!"
• Word before and after "just," in an annoyingly common reaction
• Bowl over
• Knock one's socks off
• "I'm impressed!"
• "Did you just say what I thought you said?"
• Floor
• Knock the socks off
• "Remarkable!"
• "Unreal!"

More clues leading to the result JEEZ

• "__ Louise!"
• "Gimme a break"
• "Gimme an effin' break"
• "Golly!"
• "Shucks!"
• "Gosh ... "
• "Good grief!"
• "Aw!"
• Annoyed interjection that borders on blasphemy
• "Holy cow!"

More clues leading to the result HOLYSMOKE

• "Unbelievable!"
• "Gee whiz!"
• Cry of surprise
• "Heavens to Betsy!"
• Cry as a church catches fire?
• "Yikes!"
• "Omigosh!"
• "Good gravy!"
• "Yipes!"

More clues leading to the result ACK!

• “Yikes!”
• “Yipes!”
• “Cathy” cry
• Cartoonish cry
• Frustrated cry

More clues leading to the result OHGOSH

• "Holy cow!"
• "Jumping jiminy"
• "Well, gee"
• Cry of quaint surprise
• "Dear me!"
• Cry of dismay
• "Goodness gracious!"
• "Good grief!"
• "Jeepers!"
• "Yikes!"

More clues leading to the result OHGOD

• Burns flick of 1977
• Burns classic
• Outburst in congress?
• Phrase said with an eye roll
• George Burns movie
• John Denver comedy
• 1977 George Burns film
• 1977 comedy featuring the line "So help me me"
• Burns film
• 1977 George Burns movie

More clues leading to the result YOWZA

• "Holy moly!"
• "Yikes!"
• "Holy cow!"
• "Oh baby!"
• "Incredible!"
• "Whoa, baby!"
• 'Wowie!'
• "You scared me!"
• "Holy guacamole!"

More clues leading to the result GOODGRAVY

• Exclamation of surprise
• "Shocking!," to a Thanksgiving guest?
• "Yikes!"

More clues leading to the result OOF

• Punch-in-the-stomach word
• Sock-in-the-gut sound
• Exclamation
• Punched-in-the-stomach utterance
• Punch response
• Gut reaction?
• "I can't believe you just said that"
• Pained comment?
• Punch line?
• Reaction to some bad news

More clues leading to the result OHWOW

• Steve Jobs's last words, reportedly
• "That blew my mind"
• "Unbelievable!"
• "Groovy, man!"
• "I'm overwhelmed!"
• "That boggles the mind!"
• "Awesome!"
• "Dang, that's incredible!"
• "I'm impressed!"
• "That's unbelievable!"

More clues leading to the result OHMY

• "Heavens to Betsy!"
• "This is bad ..."
• "Good heavens!"
• "Heavens!"
• "That's surprising!"
• Expression of alarm
• "Gracious!"
• "This certainly isn't what I expected"
• "I didn't expect that!"
• "Goodness!"