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SCARE

5 letters - 6 clues in this collection

SCARE is a 5-letter crossword answer with 6 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 390 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

SCARE

SCARE

5Letters
6Clues in collection
390Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for SCARE in this collection

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  • Frighten - used 195 times across 50 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Alarm - used 64 times across 40 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Close call - used 60 times across 24 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • False alarm - used 24 times across 16 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Spook - used 24 times across 16 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Startle - used 23 times across 22 distinct years, most recently in 2026

Related answers

Answers in this collection that start with the same letter, most used first. Browse every answer starting with S.

  • SENSE - 5 letters, 946 combined xd usages, 19 clues in this collection
  • SNEER - 5 letters, 823 combined xd usages, 18 clues in this collection
  • SASSY - 5 letters, 730 combined xd usages, 11 clues in this collection
  • STEER - 5 letters, 702 combined xd usages, 12 clues in this collection
  • SEETO - 5 letters, 624 combined xd usages, 6 clues in this collection
  • SNARE - 5 letters, 602 combined xd usages, 10 clues in this collection
  • STARE - 5 letters, 593 combined xd usages, 14 clues in this collection
  • STEED - 5 letters, 584 combined xd usages, 11 clues in this collection

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