# One word messages
This page is a list of all one-word messages that are possible.

Contents

1 Sound effects
2 Player actions

2.1 Kicking
2.2 Dropping
2.3 Locking
2.4 Digging
2.5 Teleporting
2.6 Combat
2.7 Other

3 Monster noises

3.1 Chatting
3.2 Mail daemon

4 Miscellaneous
5 References

Sound effects
"Boing!" – A creature with magic resistance was hit by a wand of striking or spell of force bolt.[1][2][3]
"Splat!" – An egg or melon broke. Could be due to throwing it, or it being destroyed by a force bolt or wand of striking while in inventory.[4]
"Splash!" – Venom was thrown.[5]
"Crash!" – A potion hit a monster that you can't see.[6]
"Whang!" – A boulder or iron ball hit iron bars.[7]
"Clink!" – Gold hit iron bars.[8]
"Clonk!" – Some other kind of thrown object hit iron bars.[9]

Player actions
Kicking
"Thump!" – You kicked an object, but the object did not move because it is either too heavy or against a wall.[10] If a gray stone is not against the wall, then "Thump!" identifies it as a loadstone.
"THUD!" – Same as above, except that the kicked object was a box or a chest.[11]
"Klunk!" – You kicked a sink and exercised your dexterity.[12] (If the "sound" option is enabled, "The pipes vibrate noisily." is added to the message.)
"WHAMMM!!!" – You kicked a door, but it didn't break.[13]

Dropping
"Splash!" – You dropped a heavy object (weight 10 or more) into a pool.[14]
"Plop!" – You dropped a light object (weight 9 or less) into a pool while levitating or flying over it.[15]

Locking
"Klunk!" – A spell of wizard lock or a wand of locking locked a box or a chest.[16]
"Klick!" – A spell of knock or a wand of opening unlocked a box or a chest.[17]

Digging
"Clash!" – You tried to dig outside the map area with a pick-axe.[18] (This is only possible if the diggable area of the level extends all the way to the edge of the map.)
"Clang!" – You tried to dig through iron bars with a pick-axe.[19]

Teleporting
"Sorry..." – You attempted a controlled teleport into an invalid or unsafe location,[20] or you attempted to level teleport into (or below) the Sanctum before performing the invocation.[21]
"Oops..." – You attempted a controlled level teleport while confused and ended up on a random level instead.[22][23]

Combat
"Splash!" – You hit an eyeless monster with blinding venom, or you hit a monster with blinding venom while you were blind.
"Splat!" – You hit a monster with an ordinary egg,[24] or same as above, but you hit the monster with a cream pie.[25][26]
"Snap!" – You tried to apply a bullwhip but hit nothing.[27]

Other
"Whoops..." – You failed to untrap a trap and just made things worse.[28]

Monster noises
"Surrender!" – A possible message from an angry soldier.[29]
"Gleep!" – A tame baby dragon hatched from an egg.[30] This is a reference to the MythAdventures series of books by Robert Asprin.
"Burrrrp!" – A purple worm, lurker above, or trapper swallowed a monster.[31]

Chatting
"Nevermore!" – Chat with a non-peaceful raven.[32] This is a reference to Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven".
"Huh?" / "What?" / "Eh?" – Chat with a stunned or confused peaceful humanoid.[33]
"Aloha." – Chat with a peaceful tourist.[34]

Mail daemon
"Gangway!" – A message the mail daemon says when pushing monsters out of its way.[35]
"Catch!" – The mail daemon can't reach you, so it throws the scroll of mail at you.[36]
"Oops!" – You failed to pick up the scroll of mail for some reason, e.g. because you fumbled or because your inventory was full.[37]

Miscellaneous
"Ouch!" – You hurtled into a wall, a door, or a tree.[38]
"Yuck!" – A green slime touched you and slimed you when you were already slimed; this has no effect.[39]
"Cheapskate." – You offered too little gold to an aligned priest.[40]
"Interesting..." – You dipped something to no effect.[41]
"Ouch!" – You bumped into an invisible force field while blind (not used in NetHack 3.4.3).[42]

References

↑ zap.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1888

↑ muse.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1116

↑ muse.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1127

↑ dothrow.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1679

↑ dothrow.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1686

↑ potion.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 974

↑ mthrowu.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 810

↑ mthrowu.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 814

↑ mthrowu.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 816

↑ dokick.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 535

↑ dokick.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 509

↑ dokick.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 952

↑ dokick.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1091

↑ do.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 203

↑ do.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 205

↑ lock.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 710

↑ lock.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 719

↑ dig.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 899

↑ dig.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 922

↑ teleport.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 448

↑ teleport.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 788

↑ teleport.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 600

↑ teleport.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 607

↑ uhitm.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 797

↑ uhitm.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 818

↑ uhitm.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 843

↑ apply.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 2216

↑ trap.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 3123

↑ sounds.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 801

↑ timeout.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 524

↑ mhitm.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 640

↑ sounds.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 588

↑ sounds.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 681

↑ sounds.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 681

↑ mail.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 260

↑ mail.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 390

↑ mail.c, line 403, hold_another_object in invent.c

↑ dothrow.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 470

↑ mhitu.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1541

↑ priest.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 486

↑ potion.c in NetHack 3.4.3, line 1924

↑ enter_force_field in region.c

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