Startled cry

The answer

EEK

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

Used 18 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• YIKES (7 uses in xd)
• YIPE (3 uses in xd)
• OHO (1 uses in xd)
• YELP (1 uses in xd)

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
• 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 shriek - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• 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.

• Cry of discovery - AHA, used 155 times
• Flamenco cry - OLE, used 134 times
• Corrida cry - OLE, used 124 times
• Kitten's cry - MEW, used 119 times
• Cry loudly - SOB, used 113 times
• Cry of insight - AHA, used 97 times

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