Marks for life
The crossword clue "Marks for life" is answered by SCARS, a 5-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SCARS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCARS answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SCARS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCARS, most used first.
- Lasting marks - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Surgery souvenirs - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Surgery reminders - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Battle reminders - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Battle souvenirs - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Marks. - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Surgical souvenirs - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Evidence of wounds - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Accident mementos - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Battle mementos - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Lasting impressions - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Surgery marks - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Free-for-all - MELEE, used 223 times
- Make up (for) - ATONE, used 192 times
- For all to hear - ALOUD, used 121 times
- Fit for a king - REGAL, used 114 times
- Play for time - STALL, used 113 times
- Plant life - FLORA, used 107 times
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