The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DETER , but the solution may also be SPOOK which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Scare off crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DETER | 82 % | 5 |
| SHOO | 7 % | 4 |
| SPOOK | 7 % | 5 |
| ROUT | 4 % | 4 |
Why may SPOOK be the right solution?
"SPOOK" is a synonym for scare off, meaning to frighten or intimidate someone or something. It fits the clue perfectly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scare off
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- scare
- dash
- pall
- daunt
- frighten away
- frighten off
- scare away
- dissuade
- chase away
- deterring
- frighten
- scaring
Crossword Answer definitions
DETER verb- To prevent something from happening.
- To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.
- To distract someone from something.
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 DETER
More clues leading to the result SHOO
- "Get lost!"
- "Vamoose!"
- Chase
- Frighten away
- "Scat!"
- Fly away!
- "Begone!"
- Chase (away)
- Chasing-away word
- "Amscray!"
More clues leading to the result SPOOK
- Ghost
- Scare
- Haunted-house figure
- Shake up
- Halloween haunter
- Covert operative, slangily
- Frighten
- Frighten, as horses
- Freak out
- Frighten, as a horse