Frightfully strange
The crossword clue "Frightfully strange" is answered by EERIE, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EERIE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EERIE answer page.
Used 22 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Every other clue in this collection answered by EERIE, most used first.
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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.
- Strange - ALIEN, used 90 times
- In a strange way - ODDLY, used 41 times
- More strange - ODDER, used 24 times
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