The Clue
"Help, quick!" (3 letter answer)
The Answer
SOS
Tags
Notes
The answer SOS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 50 puzzles.
Related Clues
"Help!"
Help!
M'aidez!
Alert asea
Call in a calamity
Call for help
Castaway's call
Distress call
Distress signal
Emergency letters
Emergency signal
Kind of pad
Letters of distress
"Mayday!" relative
Mayday's cousin
Plea for help
A plea at sea
Plea at sea
Relative of mayday
Sinker's call
Titanic message
Titanic's cry
Urgent message
1975 Abba hit
Andrea Doria call
Certain smoke signal
Help-wanted indicator
"Help wanted" letters
"Mamma Mia!" number
Marooned person's message
Morse code message
Signal that replaced "CQD"
Song from "Mamma Mia!"
Sparks's desperate message
Stranded sailor's call
"Hel-l-l-lp!"
Intl. signal adopted in 1912
Signal from the Titanic: April, 1912
Tapped-out message, often
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