An unwanted lasting impression

The answer

SCAR

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCAR answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for SCAR

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

• Lasting mark - used 144 times, most recently in 2026
• Cicatrix - used 141 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Lion King" villain - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
• Lasting impression - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Surgery souvenir - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
• Blemish - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Surgery reminder - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Wound reminder - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Surgery memento - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Mark. - used 39 times, most recently in 2006
• Mark for life - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Isolated rock. - used 28 times, most recently in 1996
• "Lion King" villain - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Traumatize - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Battle memento - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
• Appendectomy reminder - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Fight memento - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Skin mark - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Capone facial feature - used 20 times, most recently in 2017
• Capone feature - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• "The Lion King" baddie - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Permanent mark - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Slash mark - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign of a past injury - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Wound remnant - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Cliff - used 16 times, most recently in 2008
• Identifying mark - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Rocky cliff. - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Wound mark - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Battle reminder - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Disfigure - used 14 times, most recently in 2009
• Injury reminder - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Leave a mark on - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Duel memento - used 13 times, most recently in 2012
• Appendectomy evidence - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Deface - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Incision evidence - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
• Kind of tissue - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Leave a mark - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Sign of an old injury - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Battle souvenir - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Lasting effect - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Lingering mark - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Melee memento - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Simba's uncle - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Harry Potter's lightning bolt, e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Bar fight souvenir - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Harry Potter feature - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Hilum - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• "Lion King" baddie - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Operation memento - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Surgical souvenir - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• ___ tissue - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Catface - used 8 times, most recently in 1985
• Cut line - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Disfigurement - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Indelible mark - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Operation reminder - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Protruding rock - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Villain in "The Lion King" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Wound memento - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Operation souvenir - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Sign of an old wound - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• "The Lion King" bad guy - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Wound souvenir - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Accident reminder - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Bad mark - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Emotional wound - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Injury memento - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Lasting impression, of a sort - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Mark from surgery - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Painful reminder - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Sign of healing - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Lion King" character - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Trauma consequence - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• War memento - used 6 times, most recently in 2010

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.

• Unwanted email - SPAM, used 106 times
• Unwanted e-mail - SPAM, used 63 times
• Impression - IDEA, used 61 times
• Make a lasting impression - ETCH, used 46 times
• Did an impression of - APED, used 41 times
• Make an impression - ETCH, used 37 times

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