Wild fear

The answer

PANIC

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PANIC answer page.

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for PANIC

Every other clue in this collection answered by PANIC, most used first.

• Freak out - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Lose one's cool - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of button - used 27 times, most recently in 2016
• Go to pieces - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Lose your cool - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• ___! At the Disco - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Become frantic - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Hysteria - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Lose one's head - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Type of button - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
• __ button - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Extreme fright - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Irrational fear - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• High anxiety - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Lose control - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Stampede cause - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Sudden fright - 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.

• Wild - FERAL, used 153 times
• "Fear of Flying" author Jong - ERICA, used 73 times
• Wild guesses - STABS, used 66 times
• Wild party - RAGER, used 51 times
• Be wild about - ADORE, used 48 times
• Nick of "Cape Fear" - NOLTE, used 47 times

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