The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCARE , but the solution may also be STARTLE which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).
Spook crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCARE | 59 % | 5 |
| HAUNT | 15 % | 5 |
| STARTLE | 7 % | 7 |
| HOBGOBLIN | 4 % | 9 |
| SPY | 4 % | 3 |
| SPECTER | 4 % | 7 |
| WRAITH | 4 % | 6 |
| BUGABOO | 4 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Spook
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- specter
- spectre
- ghost
- wraith
- weirdy
- weirdo
- weirdie
- shade
- schmuck
- creep
- phantom
- spirit
Crossword Answer definitions
SCARE noun- A minor fright.
- A cause of slight terror; something that inspires fear or dread.
- A device or object used to frighten.
- To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
- Lean; scanty
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 SCARE
- Frighten
- Haunted house result
- Kind of tactics
- __ up (gather)
- __ tactics
- __ up (gather, in a way)
- Alarm
- Really frighten
- Freak out
- Frighten the bejeezus out of
More clues leading to the result HAUNT
- Hangout
- Favorite hangout
- Spook
- Create fear
- Place for regulars
- Do poltergeist work
- Frequent
- Oft-visited place
- Be there in spirit?
- Make a spooky visit
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 HOBGOBLIN
More clues leading to the result SPY
- Le Carre character
- Mole
- Company man?
- Follett figure
- Investigate intensively
- Operative
- Secret agent
- Mata Hari, e.g.
- Mata Hari, for one
- Undercover agent
More clues leading to the result SPECTER
- Spirit
- Senator from Pennsylvania
- Haunting image
- Phantom
- Ghost
- Ghostly apparition
- Shade
- Apparition.
- It appears to Old Scrooge.
- Spook.
More clues leading to the result WRAITH
- Ghost
- Apparition
- Specter
- Ghostly vision
- Spirit
- Eerie apparition
- Shade
- Visible spirit
- Ghostly spirit
- Ghostly figure