Halloween option
The crossword clue "Halloween option" is answered by TRICK, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TRICK
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRICK answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 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.
- TREATORTRICK (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TRICK
Every other clue in this collection answered by TRICK, most used first.
- Ruse - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Fool - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- "__ or treat!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Bridge unit - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Magic illusion - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Halloween option - TREAT, used 40 times
- Halloween choice - TREAT, used 22 times
- Fallback option - PLANB, used 21 times
- Replay option - SLOMO, used 18 times
- DVR option - ERASE, used 16 times
- Halloween haul - CANDY, used 16 times
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