The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CREEPS which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Heebie-jeebies crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CREEPS | 50 % | 6 |
| UNEASE | 15 % | 6 |
| JITTERS | 10 % | 7 |
| AGITA | 5 % | 5 |
| JIMJAMS | 5 % | 7 |
| WILLIES | 5 % | 7 |
| DREAD | 5 % | 5 |
| JANGLEDNERVES | 5 % | 13 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Heebie-jeebies
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- willies
- creeps
- feet
- bumps
- chills
- chips
- slugs
- checks
- jitters
- pimples
- tokens
- wits
Crossword Answer definitions
CREEPS verb- To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
- To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
- To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
- To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
- To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
- To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
- The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)
- A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
- A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something
- The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
- In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
- An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
- The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
- Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
- A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills.
- A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
- (preceded by definite article) A sensation that things are crawling on one's skin.
- (preceded by definite article) A feeling of fear or horror.
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 CREEPS
- Icky people
- Moves on one's belly
- Heebie-jeebies
- Moves stealthily
- No-good guys
- Losers
- Sneaks
- Goes slowly
- Feeling of disgust, with "the"
- Condition induced by 58 Down.
More clues leading to the result UNEASE
- Anxiety
- Discomfort
- Jitters
- Perturbed condition
- Riot impetus
- Waiting-for-the-test-results feeling
- Pacing-the-floor state
- Misgiving
- Nervousness
- Disquiet
More clues leading to the result JITTERS
- Butterflies
- Nervous feeling
- Butterflies source
- Pre-speech obstacle
- Heebie-jeebies
- Nervous feeling: Slang.
- Stage fright
- Nervousness
- Nerves
- Feeling on opening night
More clues leading to the result AGITA
- Tummy trouble
- Reason to take bicarb
- Bad gut feeling?
- High anxiety
- Anxiety
- Gut reaction?
- Butterflies, by another name
- Heartburn
- Acid indigestion
- Aggravation
More clues leading to the result JIMJAMS
More clues leading to the result WILLIES
More clues leading to the result DREAD
- Be afraid of
- Fear
- Profound fear
- Be apprehensive
- Fear greatly
- Shudder
- Feeling of foreboding
- Apprehension
- Awe-inspiring
- No mere worry