Scrutinize
The crossword clue "Scrutinize" is answered by SCAN, a 4-letter entry. Used 58 times across 42 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1926. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SCAN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCAN answer page.
Used 58 times across 42 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1926. It appears in 13 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.
- EXAMINE (16 uses in xd)
- INSPECT (5 uses in xd)
- PEERAT (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for SCAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCAN, most used first.
- Read quickly - used 133 times, most recently in 2026
- Look over - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
- Glance over - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Read electronically - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Look over quickly - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Read, as a bar code - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Read over quickly - used 43 times, most recently in 2024
- Read a bar code - used 37 times, most recently in 2023
- Checkout act - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Read bar codes - used 26 times, most recently in 2017
- Do a checkout chore - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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- Withered - SERE, used 400 times
- Location - SITE, used 390 times
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