The Clue
Unhappy interjection (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ALAS
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Notes
The answer ALAS is very common and appears about once every 28 puzzles.
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Grievous exclamation
Melodramatic cry
More's the pity!
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"Oh, woe!"
Pitying cry
Poet's plaint
"Poor me!"
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"___, poor Yorick . . . "
Resigned remark
Sad word
Sigh for Yorick
Sorrowful expression
State: Abbr.
Statement of resignation
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"'Tis a shame"
Too bad!
"What a pity!"
"Woe is me!"
Woeful cry
Woeful word
Word of regret
Word of woe
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Word for poor Yorick
Yukon's neighbor: Abbr.
"Ah, 'twas not to be"
End of a well-known Stein line
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"