False alarm
The crossword clue "False alarm" is answered by SCARE, a 5-letter entry. Used 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 8 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 24 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SCARE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCARE, most used first.
- Frighten - used 195 times, most recently in 2026
- Alarm - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Close call - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Spook - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Startle - used 23 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.
- False - NOTSO, used 54 times
- False name - ALIAS, used 48 times
- Prove false - BELIE, used 48 times
- False front - GUISE, used 29 times
- False gods - IDOLS, used 23 times
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