The Clue
Castaway's call (3 letter answer)
The Answer
SOS
Tags
Notes
The answer SOS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 50 puzzles.
Related Clues
"Help!"
Help!
___ pad
Brillo rival
Call for help
Call letters?
Coded message
Cry at sea
Distress call
Distress letters
Help call
Help request
"Help wanted"
Kind of pad
Lusitania signal
Mayday relative
Mayday, in a way
Message in a bottle?
Morse recourse
Morse recourse?
Plea for aid
Plea at sea
Radio message
"Rescue me!"
Sea call
Sea plea
Sea signal
Sturdy pad
Titanic message
Urgent call
U.S.C.G. stimulus
911 call, e.g.
Andrea Doria signal
Help-wanted indication
Help-wanted letters
Lusitania's last gasp
Message in a bottle, maybe
Message like Mayday
Response to a sinking feeling?
It's sometimes written in the sand
Smoke signal message, maybe
"I'll send an ___ to the world" (Police lyric)
Definition
SOS as a noun:
1. an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
SO as a noun:
1. (sol, soh, so) = the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization