Clues for the word "SCARES"
We've had 37 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 67 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on September 11, 2025.
Referring Clues
- Near misses, maybe
- States of alarm
- Terrorizes
- Spooks
- Finds, with "up"
- Horror film's offerings
- Close calls, perhaps
- Gives a start to
- Frightens
- Gives the willies to
- Alarms
- Narrow squeaks
- Close calls
- Causes a stampede, in a way
- Unnerves
- Frightful events
- Gives a start
- Cows
- Gives a fright
- Hiccup remedies
- Startles
- Heart quickeners
- False alarms
- False bomb threats, say
- Haunted hayride offerings
- Gets on Halloween
- Terrifies
- What death metal does
- Trouble on board is frightening
- Petrifies
- They might end with a "Phew!"
- Halloween inevitabilities
- Causes to quake
- Close ones
- Narrow escapes
- Haunted house offerings
- Says "Boo!" to, say
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - September 11, 2025
- New York Times - August 25, 2025
- Mirror Mini - March 25, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 12, 2024
- USA Today - August 27, 2024
- USA Today - July 09, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 12, 2024
- USA Today - August 02, 2023
- New York Times - April 09, 2022
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - January 13, 2018
- USA Today - October 02, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - July 30, 2017
- Rock n Roll Crossword - July 16, 2017
- USA Today - June 21, 2017
- Mirror Mini - March 25, 2017
- Netword - May 21, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 10, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - March 11, 2016
- Netword - February 09, 2016
- New York Times - December 05, 2015
- Universal - September 13, 2015
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 24, 2015
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 18, 2014
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 18, 2014
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 17, 2014
- Wall Street Journal - September 26, 2014
- USA Today - September 12, 2014
- LA Times - March 01, 2014
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 21, 2014
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 20, 2014
- And in 37 more crossword puzzles...