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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SPOOKY Strange and frightening (informal) (6) The Guardian Quick Sep 9, 2022
8% SCARE Frighten (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 19, 2025
8% ALARM Frighten (5) The Telegraph Quick Sep 23, 2025
7% DETER Frighten off (5) New York Times Oct 13, 2025
7% ODD "Strange ..." (3) Universal Oct 11, 2025
7% GASPS Sounds frightened (5) Newsday Sep 14, 2025
7% EEK Frightened cry (3) Wall Street Journal Sep 2, 2025
7% ASHEN Visibly frightened (5) LA Times Daily Aug 24, 2025
7% FEARSOME Frightening, formidable (8) The Times Concise Aug 7, 2025
7% SCARY Frightening (5) LA Times Daily Aug 5, 2025

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