Alarm
The crossword clue "Alarm" is answered by SCARE, a 5-letter entry. Used 64 times across 40 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
SCARE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCARE answer page.
Used 64 times across 40 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 15 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.
- STARTLE (9 uses in xd)
- TOCSIN (6 uses in xd)
- DISMAY (3 uses in xd)
- PANIC (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for SCARE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCARE, most used first.
- Frighten - used 195 times, most recently in 2026
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