"Yikes!"
The crossword clue ""Yikes!"" is answered by EEK, a 3-letter entry. Used 68 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EEK
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EEK answer page.
Used 68 times across 22 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- 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
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.
- Before - ERE, used 733 times
- Greek vowel - ETA, used 549 times
- Superlative suffix - EST, used 521 times
- Greek letter - ETA, used 512 times
- Mess up - ERR, used 508 times
- Work unit - ERG, used 488 times
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