Enter a clue or pattern or both:
The Clue
Tribulations (4 letter answer)
The Answer
WOES
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Notes
The answer WOES is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.
Related Clues
Afflictions
Calamities
Difficulties
Evils
Grief
Headaches
Miseries
Misfortunes
Sorrows
Torments
Trials
Troubles
Depression causes
Griper's litany
Maladies, worries, etc.
Melancholiac's list
Prickly heat et al.
Problems, problems
Reasons to cry
Trials and tribulations
Bounced checks, hangnails, etc.
Parts of a sob story
Things to stew about
Things to worry about
Definition
WOE as a noun:
1. (suffering, woe) = misery resulting from affliction
2. (woe, woefulness) = intense mournfulness