Answer: MOAN
MOAN is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 126 times.
Referring Clues:
- Complaint
 - Gripe
 - Express regret
 - "Oh, my aching head!," e.g.
 - Lamentation
 - Complain
 - Reaction to bad news
 - Haunted house sound
 - Kick, in a way
 - Kick
 - Openly grieve
 - Bellyache
 - Seance sound
 - Sound from a dungeon
 - Lament
 - Sound of sadness
 - Sound following an accident
 - Express dissatisfaction
 - Reaction to a bad pun?
 - Eerie sound
 - Pained cry
 - Painful sound
 - React to a pun, perhaps
 - Pained sound
 - Haunted-house sound
 - Mournful utterance
 - Evidence of paranormal activity, perhaps
 - Eerie wind sound
 - Grievous sound
 - Haunted house noise
 - Sound of lamentation
 - Sound of suffering
 - Lamenter's sound
 - When most B'way theaters are dark
 - Sound from a ghost
 - Keen
 - Ghostly sound
 - Troubled sound
 - Haunting sound
 - Wail
 - Sound of distress
 - Spectral sound
 - Murmur of discontent
 - Grumble
 - Suffer audibly
 - Groan's partner
 - Express discontent
 - Emulate a crab
 - Response to a pun
 - Sound of discomfort
 - Mournful cry
 - Groan associate
 - Ghostly utterance
 - Distress indicator
 - Bewail
 - Blue whale sound
 - Bellyacher's emission
 - Sound stressed, maybe
 - Verbalize an ache
 - ___ and groan
 - Mournful murmur
 - "Black Snake ___" (2006 Samuel L. Jackson film)
 - Grouse
 - Kvetch
 - Bellyacher's sound
 - Bellyacher's utterance
 - Sound of agony
 - React in pain
 - React to a pun
 - Bewail audibly
 - Sound of pain or pleasure
 - Complain, slangily
 - Complain incessantly
 - "Black Snake ___" (Samuel L. Jackson film)
 - Wind sound
 - Zombie's sound
 - Sighs loudly
 - "Broccoli again?," e.g.
 - Sound in Disneyland's Haunted Mansion
 - Ghostly noise
 - Lament one's fate
 - Sound of pain
 - Spooky sound
 - Halloween effect
 - Complain, so to speak
 - ___ and groan (complain)
 - Indicate pain
 - Sound of the wind, perhaps
 - Cry of discomfort
 - 'I ate too much' sound
 - React to a bad pun, maybe
 - Indicate agony
 - Low lament
 - Groan
 - React to a bad pun, perhaps
 - Deflated reaction
 - "Not this again!," e.g.
 - Reaction to a bad pun
 - Respond like lurch
 - Punster's reward
 - Utterance in a haunted house
 - Eerie noise
 - Complain without words
 - Piteous sound
 - Indication of pain or pleasure
 - Complain, informally
 - A cry of sorrow or pain
 - Say "Not this again!," say
 - Protest
 - Complain (about)
 - Complain or complaint
 - Cry of lament
 - Sad sound
 - Zombie sound
 - Reaction to a bad joke
 - Pained whine
 - Rhyming partner of "groan"
 - Sorrowful sound
 - Sound of suffering … or pleasure
 - [Ugh, this is horrible!]
 - Ghostly sound effect
 - Whine
 - Complain loudly
 - Reaction upon tasting a decadent dessert
 - Sound made after biting into something delicious
 - Sound from an enthusiastic diner
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - August 25, 2025
 - USA Today - July 09, 2025
 - LA Times - June 22, 2025
 - USA Today - February 14, 2025
 - LA Times - February 04, 2025
 - USA Today - November 21, 2024
 - LA Times - October 28, 2024
 - New York Times - August 21, 2024
 - USA Today - August 13, 2024
 - LA Times - June 03, 2024
 - New York Times - April 20, 2024
 - USA Today - January 23, 2024
 - USA Today - December 14, 2023
 - USA Today - December 06, 2023
 - LA Times - November 04, 2023
 - LA Times - September 03, 2023
 - LA Times - August 31, 2023
 - LA Times - June 28, 2023
 - LA Times - April 07, 2023
 - New York Times - March 07, 2023
 
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