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Definitions for word EERIE

The following 154 definitions were found. Click the dates to see the answer in context.
DateGridClueAuthor
Thursday, July 02, 200922ALike some coincidencesElizabeth C. Gorski
Friday, June 05, 200929ALike many an omenMartin Ashwood-Smith
Thursday, May 07, 200942ACreepyElizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, May 05, 200967AAmazingly coincidentalTrip Payne
Monday, March 02, 20091ASpookyLynn Lempel
Sunday, March 01, 200927AEvoking goose bumps, sayRobert W. Harris
Thursday, August 14, 200868APoe-ishDamon J. Gulczynski
Tuesday, July 01, 200851DFear-inspiringKen Bessette
Monday, May 05, 200856DLike "The Twilight Zone" musicStella Daily and Bruce Venzke
Friday, March 14, 200830DLike some similaritiesKevin G. Der
Wednesday, January 30, 200850DSpookyPeter A. Collins
Wednesday, October 17, 200739ALike déjà vuPaula Gamache
Friday, March 02, 200728AOut of this worldEric Berlin
Thursday, February 22, 200751DLike some coincidencesMike Nothnagel
Monday, February 05, 200716ACausing goosebumpsJoy C. Frank
Tuesday, November 28, 200666ALike "Twilight Zone" episodesAlan Arbesfeld
Wednesday, November 01, 200659ASpine-tinglingPaula Gamache
Thursday, October 05, 200633DUnnaturalJoe DiPietro
Monday, October 02, 200668ASpine-chillingHarvey Estes
Monday, June 26, 200612DSpine-tinglingRandy Sowell
Thursday, April 20, 200628DBone-chillingJoe DiPietro
Saturday, April 15, 200659AExtraterrestrialBob Peoples
Thursday, March 30, 200634DLike some coincidencesRichard Silvestri
Monday, February 27, 200669ALike ghostly soundsEd Early
Thursday, December 29, 200562ALike premonitionsDavid Pringle
Monday, December 19, 20057DLike a ghost's howlingRichard Hughes
Sunday, December 11, 2005103DHauntingBen Tausig
Wednesday, October 12, 200527AUnearthlyPaul Guttormsson
Tuesday, August 16, 200534ALike "Goosebumps" storiesRandall J. Hartman
Monday, August 01, 200545ASpine-tinglingKendall Twigg
Sunday, June 19, 200598AGhostlikeManny Nosowsky
Friday, May 27, 200522AReminiscent of an alien landscapeManny Nosowsky
Sunday, March 13, 200568DUnexplainablePatrick Merrell
Saturday, February 26, 200546DChillingJim Page
Sunday, October 31, 200481DUnsettlingPatrick Merrell
Tuesday, October 19, 200432DBone-chillingAdam Cohen
Friday, August 13, 200419AÀ la KingHarvey Estes
Monday, August 02, 200468AWeirdHolden Baker
Monday, July 12, 200459AHair-raisingGregory E. Paul
Sunday, July 04, 2004128DCreepyElizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, February 01, 200421AAppropriate for HalloweenRoy Leban
Sunday, January 25, 200462AHitchcockianHarvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
Saturday, January 03, 200425DÀ la PoeJames M. and James C. Jenista
Monday, October 13, 200316ALike howls in a haunted houseEric Berlin
Tuesday, September 23, 200368AUncannyNancy Salomon and Gail Grabowski
Wednesday, September 03, 200316ALike "Goosebumps" talesMyles Callum
Sunday, August 24, 200339DUnnaturalPatrick Berry
Wednesday, July 16, 200334DSpookyNorm Guggenbiller
Tuesday, June 03, 200333ASpookyJudy Cole
Monday, May 26, 200362AUnearthlyLynn Lempel
Tuesday, April 22, 200319ASpookyNancy Kavanaugh
Monday, April 07, 200340DLike Halloween soundsHarvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
Monday, March 03, 200319ASpookyPatrick Merrell
Tuesday, February 18, 200365AReally spookyHolden Baker
Thursday, November 28, 200230DChill-inducingPatrick Merrell
Friday, November 15, 200230AKind of silenceBrendan Emmett Quigley
Monday, November 11, 200220ASpine-tinglingGregory E. Paul
Sunday, October 27, 200283DGoosebump-raisingNancy Nicholson Joline
Tuesday, September 24, 200256DLike a Stephen King novelSherry O. Blackard
Monday, September 02, 200268ASpine-tinglingNorma Johnson and Nancy Salomon
Monday, July 15, 200215ASpookyJohn Leavy
Wednesday, May 29, 200221AUnearthlyAlan Olschwang
Tuesday, May 14, 200264ASpookyBarry Callahan
Sunday, May 05, 200263DLike H. P. Lovecraft's writingPatrick Berry
Thursday, April 11, 200216ACreepyGreg Staples
Wednesday, March 13, 20026DSpookyEd Early
Monday, February 25, 200250ALike ghost storiesChristina Houlihan
Sunday, February 10, 200286APhantasmalHarvey Estes & Nancy Salomon
Monday, January 07, 200216ASpine-tinglingPeter Gordon
Wednesday, December 26, 200123AStrangeEd Early
Sunday, December 16, 200134DLike "The X-Files"Fred Piscop
Thursday, December 13, 200158AUnnerving, perhapsManny Nosowsky
Wednesday, November 14, 200160AStrangeFrank A. Longo
Tuesday, October 23, 200153DWeirdLeonard Williams
Monday, October 15, 200116ASpine-tinglingHolden Baker
Sunday, September 16, 200182ASpookyBill Zais
Wednesday, July 11, 200144AChillingRichard Silvestri
Sunday, January 28, 200199DHitchcockianJim Page
Tuesday, January 09, 200142ALike much of Poe's workNick Grivas
Wednesday, December 13, 200056AShiver-producingElizabeth C. Gorski
Monday, November 27, 200025DSpine-tinglingNancy Salomon and Marjorie Berg
Wednesday, November 22, 200068ASpine-tinglingFred Piscop
Wednesday, November 15, 200064ALike ghost sightingsChuck Deodene
Thursday, September 14, 200052DMysteriousJoe DiPietro
Sunday, September 10, 200092AOut of this worldElizabeth C. Gorski
Tuesday, September 05, 200056DGoosebump-raisingChris Sallade
Sunday, August 20, 2000137ASupernaturalCharles M. Deber
Monday, August 07, 200015ASpine-tinglingNick Grivas
Saturday, June 17, 200018AUncannyRich Norris
Sunday, March 19, 200052DSpookyGreg Staples
Sunday, February 06, 200095ALike Serling storiesRichard Hughes
Monday, January 31, 200053DSpookyPeter Gordon
Tuesday, December 14, 199965AGiving goosebumpsRichard Chisholm
Wednesday, September 15, 199966AUnearthlyThomas W. Schier
Monday, September 06, 199921ASpine-tinglingManny Nosowsky
Monday, July 19, 199965ASpookyGregory E. Paul
Sunday, February 07, 1999107DLike "The Shining," e.g.Nancy Nicholson Joline
Friday, January 15, 199927AHitchcockianJohn Wolting
Monday, January 04, 199941ALike a haunted houseGregory E. Paul
Wednesday, December 16, 199815ACausing goose bumpsNancy Salomon
Tuesday, November 10, 199864AWeirdDiane C. Baldwin
Sunday, November 01, 199897AHitchcockianRobert Malinow
Wednesday, October 21, 199857ASpookyMatt Gaffney
Sunday, May 24, 199859ALike an empty ship at seaHarvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
Tuesday, May 19, 199870AGoosebump-raisingWilliam S. Cotter
Sunday, April 26, 199859DOut of this worldFran and Lou Sabin
Wednesday, April 22, 199821ALike Poe storiesBrendan Emmett Quigley
Monday, March 16, 199821ALike a haunted houseMark Moldowsky
Monday, March 09, 199820AWeirdRandall J. Hartman
Sunday, March 08, 1998108ALike "The X-Files"Richard Silvestri
Saturday, February 21, 199821DChilling, in a wayRichard Hughes
Saturday, January 17, 199853DLike a Dean Koontz novelRich Norris
Monday, January 12, 199862AOtherworldlyJohn Greenman
Thursday, January 01, 199855ALike "The X-Files"Jim Page
Monday, December 01, 199728DStrangeMark Danna
Thursday, October 30, 199757ACreepyCathy Millhauser
Sunday, October 05, 1997105DSpookyDerrick Niederman
Monday, August 18, 199741AOtherworldlyJoel D. Lafargue
Sunday, July 27, 199782DChillingJune Boggs
Monday, May 05, 199716ALike "The Twilight Zone" episodesStephanie Spadaccini
Wednesday, April 30, 199746DChill-inducingBrendan Emmett Quigley
Wednesday, March 19, 199757ASpine-tinglingTrip Payne
Friday, January 24, 199716ALike H. P. Lovecraft storiesD. J. Kahn
Tuesday, November 05, 199665AOtherworldlyJ. Farrell
Monday, September 02, 199629ASpookyF. Piscop
Tuesday, June 25, 199622AWeirdRandall J. Hartman
Wednesday, June 05, 199614AAlmost too coincidentalG. R. Ferguson
Tuesday, May 21, 199622ALike TV's "Tales From the Crypt"J. Schmalzbach
Wednesday, March 27, 199631DWeirdR. J. Hartman
Sunday, March 24, 199697DChillingJ. K. Brill
Wednesday, March 06, 199669AWeirdN. S. Ross
Tuesday, February 06, 199659ASpine-tinglingRandy Sowell
Thursday, January 11, 199651DÀ la King?B. Jorgensen
Wednesday, January 03, 199663ASpine-tinglingW.R. Williams
Monday, December 18, 199515ACreepyRandall J. Hartman
Thursday, December 14, 199531DChillingMatt Gaffney
Wednesday, October 25, 199537ACreepyLarry Nargi
Friday, October 20, 199552DRaising goose pimplesManny Nosowsky
Friday, September 22, 199530ALike "The X-Files"Jim Page
Tuesday, June 20, 199553DCreepyJon Delfin
Wednesday, March 08, 199527DGooseflesh-makingWayne Robert Williams
Wednesday, February 22, 199536DHauntedWayne Robert Williams
Tuesday, January 31, 199550DHalloweenlikeAlbert J. Klaus
Monday, January 16, 199530DGhostlikeWalter Covell
Thursday, October 06, 199450AUnearthlyRichard Silvestri
Monday, September 26, 199430APeculiarSidney L. Robbins
Friday, September 02, 199452DOddBryant White
Saturday, April 23, 199450DOddManny Nosowsky
Sunday, March 20, 199426DWeirdJoel Davajan
Saturday, March 19, 199462ARaising goose bumpsManny Nosowsky
Sunday, March 06, 199466DSpookyFrances Hansen
Monday, February 07, 199444AWeirdSidney L. Robbins
Friday, February 04, 199425ALike a wolf's howlJoe Clonick
Wednesday, November 24, 199321AWeirdNancy S. Ross