Showed fear
The crossword clue "Showed fear" is answered by PALED, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PALED
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PALED answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 2 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.
- COWERED (1 uses in xd)
- CRINGED (1 uses in xd)
- QUAILED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PALED
Every other clue in this collection answered by PALED, most used first.
- Lost color - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Blanched - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Turned white - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Went white - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ in comparison - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Turned ashen - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Became ashen - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Grew ashen - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Lost some color - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Showed again - RERAN, used 99 times
- "Fear of Flying" author Jong - ERICA, used 73 times
- Showed over - RERAN, used 62 times
- Nick of "Cape Fear" - NOLTE, used 47 times
- Shrink in fear - COWER, used 40 times
- Showed again on TV - RERAN, used 36 times
Search the clue collection
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.