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 |
| ASTONISH | 6 % | 8 |
| JOLT | 6 % | 4 |
| AMAZE | 6 % | 5 |
| BOLTFROMTHEBLUE | 6 % | 15 |
| OHO | 4 % | 3 |
| HAH | 4 % | 3 |
| AWE | 2 % | 3 |
| STUN | 2 % | 4 |
| PEEKABOO | 2 % | 8 |
| TAKEABACK | 2 % | 9 |
| EYEOPENER | 2 % | 9 |
| ASTOUND | 2 % | 7 |
| ASTONISHMENT | 2 % | 12 |
| ABOLTFROMTHEBLUE | 2 % | 16 |
| AMAZEMENT | 2 % | 9 |
| COMEFROMNOWHERE | 2 % | 15 |
| IOPENER | 2 % | 7 |
| CATCHUNAWARES | 2 % | 13 |
| THROWFORALOOP | 2 % | 13 |
| LEAVESPEECHLESS | 2 % | 15 |
| GIVEONEASTART | 2 % | 13 |
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 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 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 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 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 AWE
- Blow away
- Electrify
- Flabbergast
- Knock the socks off
- Reverence
- Some start?
- Stupefaction
- Veneration
- Wonder
- Amaze
More clues leading to the result STUN
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 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 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