Clues for the word "STARTLE"
We've had 58 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 156 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on January 13, 2026.
Definition of startle
- v. t. - To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
- v. t. - To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
- v. t. - To deter; to cause to deviate.
- n. - A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.
Referring Clues
- Shock
- Shake up
- Scare suddenly
- Catch off-guard
- Make the hair stand on end
- Curl one's hair?
- Alarm
- Say "Boo!" to, say
- Catch off guard
- Spook
- Give a turn
- Take by surprise
- Cause to jump
- Surprise with a "Boo!"
- Give a fright
- Scare
- Frighten
- Surprise suddenly
- Taken by surprise
- Take by suprise
- Creep up on
- Scare slightly
- Surprise
- Frighten suddenly
- Shakeup
- Catch unaware
- Give a shock or surprise to
- Take aback
- Alarm by shaking rattles
- Lest, perhaps, the hand coming through should frighten you
- Alarm suddenly
- Frighten by shaking rattles
- Strange rattles can be a bit frightening
- Take (someone) aback
- Rattle's false alarm
- Frighten Les, spilling acid in the process
- Surprise of persistent look officer kept up
- Rattle badly with surprise, initially?
- Surprise rattles Dicky
- Suddenly frighten the French - begin to go ahead!
- Curious rattles make one jump
- Most art lectures include surprise
- Leading light let off alarm ...
- Rising golfer absorbs sharp shock
- Leading story, not a surprise
- Leading light let out to give alarm
- Shock or surprise
- Make a shocking debut at short leg
- How nasty rattles can frighten one
- Surprise beginning to the half mile
- What terrible rattles can do
- Let off the lead, comes over to frighten one
- Shake rattles and make people jump
- Surprise by getting the old right in!
- Surprise from hiding
- Let off the lead beforehand, which does surprise you
- What a ghost might do to you
- Cause to jump, say
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - January 13, 2026
- Daily Quick - December 27, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 17, 2025
- Daily American - September 11, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 01, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 02, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - June 16, 2025
- Daily American - May 29, 2025
- New York Times - May 21, 2025
- New York Times - April 21, 2025
- LA Times - April 08, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - January 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 23, 2024
- New York Times - December 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 27, 2024
- Daily Quick - September 07, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - September 07, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 08, 2024
- Your Life Choices - July 26, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - July 01, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 01, 2024
- Daily American - June 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 17, 2024
- And in 126 more crossword puzzles...