The "face of tears with joy" ____ was the Oxford Dictionaries word of the year in 2015 Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue The "face of tears with joy" ____ was the Oxford Dictionaries word of the year in 2015 featured in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle on July 12, 2026. 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 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is EMOJI.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EMOJI The "face of tears with joy" ____ was the Oxford Dictionaries word of the year in 2015 (5) The Times Specialist Sunday Jul 12, 2026
6% ODE <i>Oxford Dictionary of English Verse </i> (3) The Times Quick Cryptic Jul 11, 2026
6% TEARS Face With ___ of Joy (emoji) (5) New York Times Midi Apr 18, 2026
6% JOY "Face With Tears of ___" (non-word that was named Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year in 2015) (3)
5% GLEE Joy (4) LA Times Daily Jul 10, 2026
5% AND Word that in many cases follows an Oxford comma (3) The Atlantic Jul 3, 2026
5% URBAN ___ Dictionary (5) New York Times Midi Jul 2, 2026
5% SHIELDSANDSPEARS "Tears for souvenirs / Tears are not enough / Tears for ____" (ABC) (16) The Times Specialist Sunday Jun 28, 2026
5% BLISS Word that means "pure joy" and ends with "ss" (5)
5% MET Came face to face (3) Puzzler Backwords Jun 23, 2026

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