Blemish

The answer

SCAR

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

Used 52 times across 38 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 10 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.

• MAR (88 uses in xd)
• SPOT (45 uses in xd)
• FLAW (18 uses in xd)
• STAIN (18 uses in xd)
• TAINT (11 uses in xd)

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
• 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
• Fight memento - used 21 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Blemish - SPOT, used 45 times
• Fender blemish - DENT, used 40 times

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