The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word STARTLE , but the solution may also be STUN which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in USA Today).
Surprise crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STARTLE | 29 % | 7 |
| AHA | 8 % | 3 |
| AMAZE | 6 % | 5 |
| BOLTFROMTHEBLUE | 6 % | 15 |
| ASTONISH | 6 % | 8 |
| JOLT | 6 % | 4 |
| HAH | 4 % | 3 |
| OHO | 4 % | 3 |
| COMEFROMNOWHERE | 2 % | 15 |
| PEEKABOO | 2 % | 8 |
| ASTOUND | 2 % | 7 |
| LEAVESPEECHLESS | 2 % | 15 |
| AMAZEMENT | 2 % | 9 |
| THROWFORALOOP | 2 % | 13 |
| IOPENER | 2 % | 7 |
| TAKEABACK | 2 % | 9 |
| ASTONISHMENT | 2 % | 12 |
| GIVEONEASTART | 2 % | 13 |
| STUN | 2 % | 4 |
| CATCHUNAWARES | 2 % | 13 |
| EYEOPENER | 2 % | 9 |
| AWE | 2 % | 3 |
| ABOLTFROMTHEBLUE | 2 % | 16 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Surprise
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- surprisal
- storm
- surprisingly
- confuse
- puzzlement
- startled
- mystery
- shocked
- unexpected
- amazement
- amaze
- astonishment
Crossword Answer definitions
STARTLE noun- A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.
- To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
- To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.
- To deter; to cause to deviate.
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 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 AHA
- "Caught you!"
- "Gotcha!"
- "Gotcha!" (1-2)
- Cry to the cookie-jar raider
- Discovery word
- Exclamation
- Exclamation of understanding
- Insight response
- Palindromic exclamation
- Sherlock's shout
More clues leading to the result AMAZE
- Flabbergast
- Stupefy
- Wow
- Blow away
- Blow minds
- Blow some minds
- Floor
- Floor, in a way
- Stun leaderless Labor class (5)
- Stun
More clues leading to the result BOLTFROMTHEBLUE
- Totally unforseen event
- Startling surprise
- Sudden surprise
- Something sudden and unexpected
- Surprise
- Unexpected event
- Bombshell
- Big surprise
- Stunning surprise
- Complete surprise
More clues leading to the result ASTONISH
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
More clues leading to the result HAH
- "I sincerely doubt that!"
- "That's a laugh!"
- "As if!"
- "I bet!"
- "So there!"
- "That's what you think!"
- "Yeah, right!"
- Laughable exclamation
- "I win! Suck it!"
- "Like THAT'S going to happen"
More clues leading to the result OHO
- "Gotcha!"
- "What's this!"
- Exclamation of surprise
- Triumphant cry
- "Found you!"
- Cry of discovery
- So it's you!
- "Caught you!"
- Palindromic cry
- "Sneaky little bugger"
More clues leading to the result COMEFROMNOWHERE
More clues leading to the result PEEKABOO
- Small child's game
- Blouse type?
- "___, I see you!"
- Baby game
- Game played with a baby
- Baby's game
- "Hide-and-seek" in the nursery
- Sheer, as a blouse
- Tot's game
- Face-covering game
More clues leading to the result ASTOUND
More clues leading to the result LEAVESPEECHLESS
More clues leading to the result AMAZEMENT
More clues leading to the result THROWFORALOOP
More clues leading to the result IOPENER
More clues leading to the result TAKEABACK
- Give pause: 2 wds.
- ___ seat (retire in favor of another): Colloq.
- Surprise
- Shock
- Participate in the NFL draft?
More clues leading to the result ASTONISHMENT
More clues leading to the result GIVEONEASTART
More clues leading to the result STUN
More clues leading to the result CATCHUNAWARES
More clues leading to the result EYEOPENER
- It brings sudden realization
- Revelation
- Startling revelation
- Shot at dawn?
- Startling disclosure
- Morning libation
- 5- or 40-Down ... or what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be
- Shock to the system, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be
- Revealing experience
- Bombshell
More clues leading to the result AWE
- Blow away
- Electrify
- Flabbergast
- Knock the socks off
- Reverence
- Some start?
- Stupefaction
- Veneration
- Wonder
- Amaze