Clues for the word "SCARE"
We've had 134 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 426 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on February 27, 2025.
Definition of scare
- v. t. - To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.
- n. - Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake.
Referring Clues
- Daunt
- False alarm
- Spook
- Start
- Startle
- Close call
- Heart-pounding episode
- Close shave
- Hair-raiser
- Curl the hair of
- Work in a haunted house
- Haunted house offering
- See 36-Down
- Rustle (up)
- Terrify
- Alarm
- Throw a ___ into
- Frighten
- Near miss, perhaps
- What Casper tries not to do
- Turn white as a ghost, perhaps
- Period of panic
- Hiccups cure, some say
- Make quake
- Give a start
- Heart-pounding event
- Fill with fright
- Do "Boo!" to
- Say "boo" to
- Induce to jump
- Deter, with "off"
- Cause for alarm
- Make jump
- Oct. 31 goal
- Instill fear in
- Heart-stopping incident
- 10/31 sensation
- Give the willies
- Give a start to
- Alarming situation
- Word with tactics or crow
- What a false alarm may cause
- Cause alarm to
- Cause to panic
- Adrenaline producer
- Say "Boo!" to, say
- Be an effective ghost
- Petrify
- Cause goose bumps, perhaps
- Do "Boo!" to
- Say "boo" to
- Deter, with "off"
- Freak out
- Acres anagram
- Cause to jump, perhaps
- Find, with "up"
- Cow
- Shake up
- Give the creeps
- Word before quotes or tactics
- Fright
- Panic
- Throw into a panic
- What this puzzle's theme words aim to do
- Alarming situation?
- "Eek!" inducer
- Goosebump raiser
- Word with "tactics" or "quotes"
- Force to start
- Type of tactics
- Panic encountered in business career
- Hiccups cure, so they say
- Give goosebumps to
- What "The Munsters" would do to most unsuspecting visitors
- "___ tactics"
- State of clutter
- Cause trembling
- Sudden alarm
- Cause to jump
- Sweat inducer
- Near-miss, perhaps
- Kind of tactics
- Leap out at
- Hiccup cure, supposedly
- Say "Boo!" to
- With 90-Across, frighten away
- Anti-Communist fervor
- Frighten (off)
- Hiccup cure, it's said
- Fill with terror
- Terrorize
- Hair-raising experience
- Close one
- Cause to jump, in a way
- It might make you start
- Psych out
- Horrify
- Unnerve
- To shock someone
- What Dangerous Toys tried to do
- Benjamin Diamond "Little ___"
- Major Lazer "___ Me"
- What demonic shock rocker will try to do
- Kenny Chesney "___ Me"
- Mark takes new heart from this narrow escape
- Tense situation
- Hiccup cure, perhaps
- Hiccups stopper
- Panic in vehicle in middle of desert
- Evidence of damage to Spain
- A touch of panic
- ___ tactic
- Hiccups cure, it's said
- Push to start
- Chill to the bone
- Aerial near-miss, e.g.
- Fill with fear
- Cause of goose bumps
- Narrow escape
- Haunted house success
- Do a ghost’s job
- Cause of an adrenaline rush
- Rattle
- Alarmingly, it brings insecure cares
- Mark East gives us a fright
- Cause to jump, maybe
- Frightening event
- Halloween habit
- Irrational cares can be alarming
- Induce fear in
- Cause of a jolt
- Give a fright
- ___ quotes
- Cause alarm
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - February 27, 2025
- USA Today - February 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 14, 2025
- LA Times - January 05, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 03, 2025
- USA Today - December 02, 2024
- Mirror Mini - October 31, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - October 10, 2024
- Daily American - October 08, 2024
- Daily American - October 01, 2024
- Daily American - September 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - September 13, 2024
- LA Times - August 29, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 26, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 19, 2024
- Daily American - August 05, 2024
- Mirror Mini - July 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - July 11, 2024
- LA Times - June 22, 2024
- New York Times - June 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 08, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 29, 2024
- LA Times - May 07, 2024
- Mirror Daily - May 07, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 26, 2024
- Daily American - April 21, 2024
- Daily American - March 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 19, 2024
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