Scrutinizes
The crossword clue "Scrutinizes" is answered by SCANS, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SCANS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCANS answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 3 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.
- EXAMINES (3 uses in xd)
- EYEBALLS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for SCANS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCANS, most used first.
- Reads quickly - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Looks over - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Reads, as a bar code - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Glances over - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Does a checkout chore - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Reads over - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Some hospital procedures - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Reads a bar code - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Checks out the merchandise? - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Reads electronically - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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- Place - STEAD, used 187 times
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