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The Clue

Distress letters (3 letter answer)

The Answer

SOS

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Notes

The answer SOS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 50 puzzles.

Related Clues

"Help!"
Help!
"Mayday!"
Alert asea
Appeal for help
Brillo alternative
Call for help
Castaway's call
Castaway's message
Cousin of "Mayday!"
Cry at sea
Distress call
Distress signal
Emergency signal
Kind of pad
Mayday relative
Morse recourse
Morse resource
Plea at sea
Sea plea
Sea signal
Sinker's call
Sparks's plea
Stranded message?
Titanic's cry
U.S.C.G. stimulus
911 call, e.g.
Andrea Doria msg.
Andrea Doria signal
Call to the Coast Guard
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Help wanted advertisement?
Help wanted notice?
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Sparks's frantic message
Stranded sailor's call
Abba hit song, 1975
Cry when going down?
Tapped-out message, often
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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