The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ALARM , but the solution may also be DAUNT which is one of the most recent solution (2016 in LA Times).
Scare crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ALARM | 25 % | 5 |
| SPOOK | 15 % | 5 |
| STARTLE | 15 % | 7 |
| TERRIFY | 15 % | 7 |
| FRIGHT | 10 % | 6 |
| DAUNT | 10 % | 5 |
| FRIGHTEN | 5 % | 8 |
| CLOSECALL | 5 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scare
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- affright
- scare off
- frighten
- fright
- daunt
- panic attack
- pall
- dash
- panic
- frighten away
- frighten off
- scare away
Crossword Answer definitions
ALARM noun- A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
- A sudden attack; disturbance.
- Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
- A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
- An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
- To call to arms for defense
- To give (someone) notice of approaching danger
- To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
- To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
- To keep in excitement; to disturb.
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 ALARM
- Home-security device
- It's arousing
- Smoke or fire
- Trails smoke or fire
- Morning sound
- Smoke detector, e.g.
- You might set one on a cellphone
- You might set one on your phone
- Eye opener of a sort
- Frighten
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
More clues leading to the result STARTLE
- Catch unaware
- Jolt
- Say "Boo!" to
- Suddenly spook
- Catch off guard
- Curl one's hair?
- Shake up
- Scare
- Frighten
- Say "Boo!" to, say
More clues leading to the result TERRIFY
- Frighten
- Raise one's hair?
- Scare
- Evoke screams from
- Fill with alarm
- Inspire horror
- More than startle
- Scare the bejeezus out of
- Fill with fear
- Fill with overwhelming fear
More clues leading to the result FRIGHT
- Realization of danger
- Creeps
- Alarm
- Stage follower?
- Scare
- Terror
- Scare.
- Anything ugly or shocking: Colloq.
- Halloween reaction
- Cause of a chill