Comic shriek

The answer

EEK

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EEK answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for EEK

Every other clue in this collection answered by EEK, most used first.

• "A mouse!" - used 311 times, most recently in 2026
• "Yikes!" - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Comics cry - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• "A spider!" - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Cartoon shriek - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• "It's a mouse!" - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Mouse spotter's cry - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Comics shriek - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Comic-strip scream - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Cartoon cry - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "A rat!" - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Startled cry - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Cartoon scream - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Mouse-spotting cry - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• It's a scream - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• "Yikes! A mouse!" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Cartoon squeal - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Comic strip cry - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Cry of fright - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Comics scream - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Apt rhyme for "shriek" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Frightened cry - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Hair-raising cry - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Mouse-sighting cry - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Mouse-spotter's shriek - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Reaction to a rodent - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Cry of surprise - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "I saw a mouse!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Yipes!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Comic strip shriek - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Cry in the comics - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• "Horrors!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Cartoon exclamation - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Comic book cry - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Comic-strip squeal - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Frightened squeal - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Mouse sighter's cry - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Oh no! A mouse!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• 'A mouse!' - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Cry of fear - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "I'm scared!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Mouse alert - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• "Oh no!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Rats!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Reaction to a mouse - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

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• Comic Margaret - CHO, used 65 times
• Comic Caesar - SID, used 60 times
• Comic DeLuise - DOM, used 37 times
• Comic Charlotte - RAE, used 36 times
• Comic Louis - NYE, used 31 times

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