The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PANIC which also is the latest solution we found used in Boston Globe in 1985.
Public scare crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PANIC | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Public scare
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- panic
- affray
- turn
- turned
- rout
- affright
- alarm
- bluff
- funk
- rattle
- rattled
- rattling
Crossword Answer definitions
PANIC noun- Overpowering fright, often affecting groups of people or animals.
- Rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of continuing decline in asset prices.
- A kernel panic or system crash.
- To feel overwhelming fear.
- To cause somebody to panic.
- (by extension) To crash.
- (by extension) To cause the system to crash.
- Pertaining to the god Pan.
- Of fear, fright etc: sudden or overwhelming (attributed by the ancient Greeks to the influence of Pan).
- A plant of the genus Panicum.
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