Is afraid of
The crossword clue "Is afraid of" is answered by FEARS, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
FEARS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FEARS answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for FEARS
Every other clue in this collection answered by FEARS, most used first.
- Phobias - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
- Dreads - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Apprehensions - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
- Anxieties - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Is scared of - used 6 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.
- "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" playwright - ALBEE, used 35 times
- "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" playwright Edward - ALBEE, used 13 times
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