Literary term for grief or sorrow Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Literary term for grief or sorrow last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DOLOUR.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DOLOUR Literary term for grief or sorrow (6) The Times Specialist Sunday Jul 23, 2023
3% ELEGY *Poem expressing sorrow or grief, often meant to reflect on loss or death (5)
3% SOBS Expresses sorrow (4) Wall Street Journal Oct 7, 2025
3% WAILS Cries of grief (5) Thomas Joseph Sep 29, 2025
3% TEAR Drop of sorrow (4) Wall Street Journal Sep 9, 2025
3% CONDOLENCES Sorrowful regrets (11) Puzzler Backwords Sep 2, 2025
3% WOE Grief (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 31, 2025
3% ONE For sorrow, in terms of magpies? (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 21, 2025
2% CUTIEPIE Term of endearment (8) Newsday Oct 24, 2025
2% SATIRE Literary spoof (6) Newsday Oct 19, 2025

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