The Clue
Alarms (6 letter answer)
The Answer
SCARES
Tags
Notes
The answer SCARES is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 650 puzzles.
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Definition
SCARE as a noun:
1. (panic, scare) = sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building"
2. (scare, panic attack) = a sudden attack of fear
SCARE as a verb:
1. (frighten, fright, scare, affright) = cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
2. (daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare) = cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"