The Clue
"Oh me! Oh my!" (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ALAS
Tags
Notes
The answer ALAS is very common and appears about once every 28 puzzles.
Related Clues
"Lackaday!"
Lackaday!
Lamentation
Sadly
[sigh]
"Unfortunately ..."
Wellaway!
"Ah me!"
"Ah, me!"
[Boo-hoo!]
Expression of unhappiness
Griever's exclamation
Melodramatic cry
More's the pity!
Oh me!
"Oh, woe!"
Oh, woe!
"___! poor Yorick . . . "
"___, poor Yorick . . . "
Relative of alack
Sad word
Sigh for Yorick
Sorrowful expression
Sound of distress
State: Abbr.
"'Tis a pity"
Unhappy interjection
"Woe is me!"
Woeful expression
Woeful word
Word of regret
Word of woe
Cry after failing
Cry expressing grief
Cry said with a sigh
"___ the day!" (Shakespearean exclamation)
"___ the heavy day!": "Othello"
Last of a Stein line
"Poor Yorick" preceder
"Sustineo ___," U.S.A.F. motto
Word said with a tear, maybe
"___ for Man, so stealthily betrayed": Millay
Definition
ALA as a noun:
1. a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism; "the alae of the nose"; "the alae of a maple seed"; "the flat petals of a pea blossom are alae"
2. a wing of an insect
ALAS as an adverb:
1. (unfortunately, unluckily, regrettably, alas) = by bad luck; "unfortunately it rained all day"; "alas, I cannot stay"