"It can't be!"

The answer

OHNO

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OHNO answer page.

Used 49 times across 19 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ALLBAD (1 uses in xd)
• GASP (1 uses in xd)
• NOTTHAT (1 uses in xd)
• NOWAY (1 uses in xd)
• THATSIMPOSSIBLE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OHNO

Every other clue in this collection answered by OHNO, most used first.

• "Yikes!" - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• "This can't be!" - used 76 times, most recently in 2025
• "Horrors!" - used 46 times, most recently in 2022
• "That's terrible!" - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• "This is terrible!" - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Cry of dismay - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• "Dear me!" - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Words of dismay - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Cry of dread - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
• "How awful!" - used 24 times, most recently in 2025

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Can't do without - NEED, used 70 times
• Can't stand - HATE, used 68 times
• "Can't argue with that" - TRUE, used 37 times
• Can't live without - NEED, used 35 times
• Can't stomach - HATE, used 30 times
• "This can't be good" - UHOH, used 27 times

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