Sound of fright
The crossword clue "Sound of fright" is answered by GASP, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; 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
GASP
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GASP answer page.
Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; 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.
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.
- LONGI (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for GASP
Every other clue in this collection answered by GASP, most used first.
- Sound of surprise - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- React in horror - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Shocked reaction - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Sound of shock - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Pant - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
- Shocked sound - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- [I'm shocked!] - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Have a sudden inspiration? - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Struggle for air - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Catch one's breath - used 18 times, most recently in 2014
- Startled sound - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- [OMG!] - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Show surprise - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Inhale suddenly - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Quick intake of breath - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Show shock - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- Surprised sound - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Huff and puff - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
- Breathe laboriously - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Quick inhalation - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Sharp intake of breath - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Struggle for breath - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
- Sudden inspiration - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Fight for air - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Sound astonished - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Catch the breath. - used 7 times, most recently in 1962
- Express surprise - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Inhale in astonishment - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Recover from a sprint - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Sound frightened - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Fight for breath - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- [Horrors!] - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- (Oh my!) - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- React in shock - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Shocked response - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Sound of astonishment - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Canyon sound - ECHO, used 202 times
- Throat-clearing sound - AHEM, used 180 times
- Scissors sound - SNIP, used 135 times
- High-five sound - SLAP, used 132 times
- Horn sound - TOOT, used 132 times
- Attention-getting sound - PSST, used 120 times
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