The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCARE , but the solution may also be JAR which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Startle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCARE | 50 % | 5 |
| ALARM | 24 % | 5 |
| SPOOK | 9 % | 5 |
| JAR | 6 % | 3 |
| FAZE | 3 % | 4 |
| SHOCK | 3 % | 5 |
| JOLT | 3 % | 4 |
| FRIGHTEN | 3 % | 8 |
Why may SPOOK be the right solution?
"SPOOK" is the right answer because it is a synonym for "startle," meaning to frighten or surprise suddenly.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Startle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- jump
- start
- galvanize
- shock
- frighten
- fear
- terrify
- scare
- amaze
- afraid
- surprise
- alarm
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 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 JAR
- Preserves preserver
- Counter container
- It has a wide mouth
- Job holder?
- Shake up
- Rattle
- Vessel with a wide mouth
- Moonbeams holder of song
- Big-mouthed bottle
- Bump hard
More clues leading to the result FAZE
More clues leading to the result SHOCK
- Word with value or tactics
- Hiccups cure, maybe
- Big surprise
- See 31-Across
- Really surprise
- Unpleasant surprise
- Stagger
- More than surprise
- Thick mass, as of hair
- Head of hair
More clues leading to the result JOLT
- Burst of electricity
- Shake up
- Elbow hard
- Nasty shock
- Rude awakening
- Shock
- Soda whose original slogan was "All the sugar and twice the caffeine"
- Stun
- Wake-up shock
- Quite a shock