Quaking in one's boots
The crossword clue "Quaking in one's boots" is answered by SCARED, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
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Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 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.
- FEARFUL (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for SCARED
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCARED, most used first.
- Frightened - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- One way to run - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Trembling - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Fearful - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Chicken - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- In a panic - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Spooked - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Afraid - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Terrified - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Quaking trees - ASPENS, used 48 times
- Blows one's top - ERUPTS, used 34 times
- Takes as one's own - ADOPTS, used 29 times
- Lying on one's back - SUPINE, used 16 times
- Go back on one's word - RENEGE, used 15 times
- In one's dotage - SENILE, used 15 times
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