The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCARY , but the solution may also be DIRE which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Wall Street Journal).
Alarming crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCARY | 59 % | 5 |
| DIRE | 18 % | 4 |
| SCARING | 6 % | 7 |
| WORRISOME | 6 % | 9 |
| STARTLING | 6 % | 9 |
| FEARSOME | 6 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Alarming
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- scary
- hair-raising
- frightening
- petrifying
- terrifying
- bloodcurdling
- fearsome
- frightful
- fearful
- horrifying
- dreaded
- dread
Crossword Answer definitions
SCARY adjective- Causing or able to cause fright.
- Uncannily striking or surprising.
- Subject to sudden alarm; easily frightened.
- Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SCARY
- Like a King novel
- Like a Vincent Price movie
- Like a haunted house
- Mel B. nickname
- Alarming
- Spine-tingling
- Gooseflesh-inducing
- Nightmarish
- Chilling
- Menacing
More clues leading to the result DIRE
- Harrowing
- Kind of straits
- Urgent
- Critical
- Like some straits
- Serious
- Macabre
- Straits or consequences preceder
- Very urgent
- Disastrous
More clues leading to the result SCARING
- Creating goose bumps
- Acting the menace
- Terrifying
- Hair-raising.
- Bringing to light (with "up").
- Shivery.
- Giving fright to
- Bogyman's activity
- Haunted house worker's job
- Halloween activity
More clues leading to the result WORRISOME
More clues leading to the result STARTLING
- Frightening.
- Frightful.
- Shocking.
- Causing surprise
- Scary or wondrous
- Alarming
- Wondrous
- Unexpected
- Amazing
- Astonishing