Terror
The crossword clue "Terror" is answered by FEAR, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FEAR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FEAR answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 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.
- FRIGHT (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for FEAR
Every other clue in this collection answered by FEAR, most used first.
- Dread - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- Phobia - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Trepidation - used 34 times, most recently in 2023
- Cold feet - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Apprehension - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Be afraid of - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Cause of quaking - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Be scared of - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Panic - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Adrenaline trigger - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- North Carolina cape - used 9 times, most recently in 2004
- Alarm - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Cause of goosebumps - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- N. C. Cape. - used 7 times, most recently in 1990
- Suspect. - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Dismay - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- North Carolina's Cape ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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.
- Little terror - BRAT, used 11 times
- "Jurassic Park" terror - TREX, used 10 times
- Holy terror - BRAT, used 9 times
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