Shrink in fear
The crossword clue "Shrink in fear" is answered by RECOIL, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2015. 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
RECOIL
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RECOIL answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2015. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RECOIL
Every other clue in this collection answered by RECOIL, most used first.
- Shrink back - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Flinch - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Draw back in horror - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Draw back - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Spring back - 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.
- Intense fear - TERROR, used 31 times
- Extreme fear - TERROR, used 20 times
- Irrational fear - PHOBIA, used 16 times
- Shrink in fear - CRINGE, used 15 times
- Abject fear - TERROR, used 13 times
- Fear - PHOBIA, used 12 times
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