Scare word
The crossword clue "Scare word" is answered by BOO, a 3-letter entry. Used 32 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
BOO
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BOO answer page.
Used 32 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BOO
Every other clue in this collection answered by BOO, most used first.
- Scary cry - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Scary shout - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- "Get off the stage!" - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Greet the villain - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- "You stink!" - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Halloween cry - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Halloween shout - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Society page word - NEE, used 182 times
- "My word!" - GEE, used 155 times
- Itinerary word - VIA, used 119 times
- Latin 101 word - AMO, used 112 times
- Word before a maiden name - NEE, used 102 times
- Towel word - HIS, used 85 times
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