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AFRAID is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for AFRAID.

32 total results for AFRAID   ( score: 50 )

13 results for AFRAID from Modern Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Modern Era occurrences).
DateGridClueAuthor
Thu Apr 6, 202310DYellow, so to speakSam Buttrey
Sun Feb 27, 202251DChicken ... or cowedSheldon Polonsky
Wed Sep 15, 202143DShaking in one's bootsSophie Buchmueller and Ross Trudeau
Thu Oct 5, 20175DLily-livered (2)Alan Arbesfeld
Sun Jul 9, 201768ATrembling, sayWill Nediger
Tue Jun 21, 201621DTerror-strickenJulie Bérubé
Fri Jan 17, 201412DYellow (3)Kevin G. Der
Thu Mar 8, 201222DLily-livered (2)Bill Thompson
Sun Nov 28, 201057AFrozen, perhapsJeremy Newton
Sun May 24, 200946ACravenElizabeth C. Gorski
Fri Jun 29, 200745DNot stoutMike Nothnagel
Sun Jan 2, 200585AYellow (3)Patrick Merrell
Thu Jan 16, 199746AYellow (3)W. R. Williams
1 result for AFRAID from Variety puzzles:
DateTypeGridClueAuthor
Jan 7, 2001Diagramless27DScaredPeter Gordon
18 results for AFRAID from pre-Shortz puzzles:
DateGridClueAuthorEditor
Mon Mar 31, 198632AFearfulJohn BrobstMaleska
Sun Oct 6, 198564ATimorousA. J. SantoraMaleska
Sun Apr 14, 198574AFearfulBert H. KruseMaleska
Fri Jan 6, 198442ATimorousEugene T. MaleskaMaleska
Fri Oct 29, 198245DShaking in one's bootsJohn GreenmanMaleska
Sun Dec 31, 197812DTremulousFrances HansenMaleska
Mon Apr 3, 19788DFilled with apprehensionSamuel K. FliegnerMaleska
Sat Aug 23, 197524DReluctantAnthony B. CanningWeng
Wed Feb 14, 197343DApprehensiveMel RosenWeng
Tue Mar 4, 196933AReluctant.UnknownWeng
Sun Jun 2, 196357DAnxious.Kim RichmanFarrar
Sun Dec 2, 196288ATrepid.Sidney LambertFarrar
Wed Jun 27, 196246AFilled with concern.Thomas MeekinFarrar
Sun May 28, 19617DFaint-hearted.Herbert EttensonFarrar
Mon Jul 20, 195336DApprehensive.Thomas MeekinFarrar
Tue Jul 29, 19526DAlarmed.UnknownFarrar
Sun Apr 2, 195031DTimorous.Leonard GoldbergFarrar
Sun Nov 28, 194852A"I, a stranger and ___. In a world I never made."—Housman.Thomas MeekinFarrar
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