In a panic
The crossword clue "In a panic" is answered by SCARED, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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SCARED
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCARED answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1991. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SCARED
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCARED, most used first.
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- Fearful - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
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- Spooked - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Afraid - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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- Terrified - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
Related clues
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