The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SKITTISH which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2021.
Easily frightened crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SKITTISH | 40 % | 8 |
| SKITTERY | 20 % | 8 |
| TIMID | 20 % | 5 |
| SHY | 20 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Easily frightened
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- skittish
- timid
- nervous
- fearful
- fear
- frightened
- fearfully
- fearing
- petrified
- afraid
- eerie
- scared
Crossword Answer definitions
SKITTISH adjective- Easily scared or startled; timid.
- Wanton; changeable; fickle
- Difficult to manage; tricky.
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 SKITTISH
- Restive
- Easily startled
- Jumpy
- Apt to shy, as a horse
- People-wary, as a horse
- Very jumpy
- Apt to start
- Easily frightened.
- Easy to scare
- Like colts and lambs
More clues leading to the result SKITTERY
More clues leading to the result TIMID
- Edgy
- Apprehensive
- Fainthearted
- Intrepid's antithesis
- Chicken
- Diffident
- Mousy
- Hardly heroic
- Easily alarmed
- Unassertive