Scare
Crossword Clue and Answers

Looking for answers to the "Scare" crossword clue? it's your lucky day, we have them! Today we have 23 crossword solutions for Scare.

We most recently saw this clue in The Sun Cryptic.

We deem Scare to be a VERY COMMON crossword clue as we've seen it more than 23 times in a variety of crossword publications.

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Publications

  • The Sun Cryptic - Friday, 11 Jun 2021
  • The Sun Cryptic - Wednesday, 26 May 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Saturday, 27 Mar 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 24 Mar 2021
  • The Mirror Quick - Friday, 22 Jan 2021
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Monday, 25 May 2020
  • The Guardian Quick - Tuesday, 7 May 2019
  • The Daily Mail Quick - Tuesday, 4 Dec 2018
  • The New York Times Mini - Tuesday, 4 Jul 2017
  • The New York Times Mini - Monday, 13 Feb 2017

Crossword Answers

4 letters

DASH
A quick run

PALL
Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

5 letters

PANIC
Be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"

START
A sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"

DAUNT
Cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"

SPOOK
A mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

ALARM
A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

ACRES
Extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"

6 letters

RUSTLE
Make a dry crackling sound; "rustling silk"; "the dry leaves were rustling in the breeze"

TACTIC
A plan for attaining a particular goal

FRIGHT
Cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"

7 letters

STARTLE
A sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"

TERRIFY
Fill with terror; frighten greatly

PETRIFY
Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"

UNNERVE
Disturb the composure of

8 letters

SCAREOFF
Cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"

AFFRIGHT
An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

FRIGHTEN
Cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"

9 letters

SCAREAWAY
Cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"

10 letters

INTIMIDATE
Make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her"

11 letters

PANICATTACK
A sudden attack of fear

FRIGHTENOFF
Cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"

12 letters

FRIGHTENAWAY
Cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"