Clues for the word "WAIL"
We've had 109 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 214 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 29, 2026.
Definition of wail
- v. t. - To choose; to select.
- v. t. - To lament; to bewail; to grieve over; as, to wail one's death.
- v. i. - To express sorrow audibly; to make mournful outcry; to weep.
- n. - Loud weeping; violent lamentation; wailing.
Referring Clues
- Sirens do it
- Sing the blues
- Sound like a siren
- Cry out
- Siren's sound
- Mourn out loud
- Cry like a banshee
- Banshee's cry
- Cry one's head off
- Yowl
- Blow a mean horn
- Banshee's sound
- Play a sax solo, maybe
- Sound of a sax
- Cry
- Cry like a baby
- Blubber
- Break down, in a way
- Emulate a siren
- Excel, at a jazz gig
- Keen
- Cry mournfully
- Play a mean sax, say
- Agonized cry
- Gripe noisily
- Make a big noise
- Sing soulfully
- Howl
- Siren's call
- Emulate a banshee
- Mournful cry
- Pitiful cry
- Have a bawl
- Sound of sorrow
- Siren song?
- Weep
- Bawl
- Loudly lament
- Bellow
- Banshee's call
- Loud lamentation
- Lament
- Banshee sound
- Play the sax, say
- Cry loudly
- Lament loudly
- Banshee's noise
- Sound of a siren
- Cry of sorrow
- Siren sound
- Lament bitterly
- Shred, as on a guitar
- Give a powerful electric guitar performance
- Mournful sound
- Grieve loudly
- Holler
- Cry miserably
- Sax sound
- Cry out loud
- Cry wildly
- Plaintive call
- Baby monitor alert
- Act like a baby, maybe
- Knock 'em dead at the jazz club
- Scream wildly
- Trumpet effect
- Mourn
- Cry of despair
- Jam, slang
- Sorrowful cry
- Brian Setzer "Jump Jive An' ___"
- Lamentation
- Keen women are sick
- Lament singular country expressed?
- Lament audibly
- Complain when one gets involved in law
- (Make a) plaintive cry
- Women feel unwell and cry
- Long cry, as of siren
- Manifest grief
- Cry of lament
- Breaking rule, I brought up complaint
- Caterwaul
- Plaintive moan
- Marine beast's audible cry
- Sing the blues?
- Haunted house sound
- Cry like crazy
- What sirens do
- Lamentful yell
- Sound from a banshee
- Play the sax really well
- Moan
- Hear large mammal howl
- Lamentful cry
- Cry of woe
- Imitate a banshee
- Sound of sirens
- Saxophone sound
- Express grief
- Siren song?
- Stale rhyme to make you cry!
- One interrupts a law-breaker to complain
- Cry of 31-Across
- Shriek
- Really play that saxophone
- Cry of lamentation
- Sob
- Make like a banshee
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 29, 2026
- Daily American - January 24, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 19, 2026
- LA Times - January 09, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 01, 2026
- Mirror Daily - September 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 01, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 28, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 03, 2025
- Daily American - January 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 26, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 04, 2024
- Daily American - November 19, 2024
- New York Times - November 14, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 11, 2024
- Daily American - July 09, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 03, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 14, 2024
- Mirror Daily - May 08, 2024
- Your Life Choices - April 17, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - April 11, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 13, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - March 06, 2024
- New York Times - February 21, 2024
- Daily American - January 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 05, 2023
- USA Today - July 22, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - July 02, 2023
- LA Times - June 25, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - May 18, 2023
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