Hilum

The answer

SCAR

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

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1982. It appears in 2 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.

• PORTA (1 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
• 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
• "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
• An unwanted lasting impression - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• 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.

• Wild guess - STAB, used 480 times
• Appear - SEEM, used 451 times
• Ooze - SEEP, used 449 times
• "Auld Lang ___" - SYNE, used 447 times
• Withered - SERE, used 400 times
• Location - SITE, used 390 times

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