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Jump scare in horror movies, e.g.

Last seen in Universal Crossword January 31, 2025 Answers

Can't figure out the crossword clue "Jump scare in horror movies, e.g."? This clue was in the Universal Crossword puzzle on January 31, 2025. Our database suggests TROPE (5 letters) as the top answer with 99% confidence, selected from 138 possibilities. We've analysed thousands of crossword puzzles to bring you the most accurate solutions.

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138 Other Potential Answers

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TROPE
Jump scare in horror movies, e.g.
Universal Crossword · Jan 31, 2025
8%
SCARY
Like horror movies
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 2, 2026
8%
REACT
Jump during a horror movie, say
Universal Crossword · Nov 17, 2025
8%
GORY
Like some horror movies
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 27, 2024
8%
ELMST
Road in horror movies, briefly
Universal Crossword · Oct 4, 2023
8%
STARTLE
React to a jump scare
Universal Crossword · Sep 23, 2023
4%
QUADAXEL
Figure skating jump that has only been landed in competition by Ilia Malinin
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 6, 2026
4%
ARTY
Like some indie movies
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 27, 2026
4%
DASHCAMS
Producers of road movies?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 5, 2026
4%
OLLIE
Snowboarding jump
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 4, 2026
4%
UNSEE
"Cannot __": slangy expression of mock horror
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 30, 2026
4%
HEELCLICKS
Sideways jump flourishes
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 9, 2026
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JETE
Ballet jump
Universal Crossword · Apr 3, 2026
4%
INDIE
Like some movies and crosswords
Universal Crossword · Mar 21, 2026
4%
RATEDR
Like most gory movies
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 2, 2026
4%
AXEL
Skating jump
Universal Crossword · Feb 25, 2026
4%
VCRS
Devices for watching old home movies
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 19, 2026
4%
GORE
Blood in some movies
Universal Crossword · Jan 29, 2026
4%
SELA
Ward in movies
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 24, 2026
4%
SCARYMOVIE
Film franchise that parodies the horror genre (In this answer, unscramble letters 3-6)
Universal Crossword · Jan 15, 2026
4%
VERB
Hop, skip, or jump
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 13, 2026
4%
LON
Chaney of classic horror
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 4, 2026
4%
EERIE
Like the experimental horror film "Skinamarink"
Universal Crossword · Jan 3, 2026
4%
HOP
A ___, skip and a jump
Universal Crossword · Dec 28, 2025
4%
RUN
Shouted advice in a horror film
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 30, 2025
4%
AMSCRAY
"Go jump in a lake!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 1, 2025
4%
IMAX
Big name in movies
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 30, 2025
4%
OED
Ref. that added "horror show" in 2024
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 24, 2025
4%
FEDORAS
Hats worn in gangster movies
Universal Crossword · Oct 9, 2025
4%
PEAKCINEMA
The pinnacle of all movies
Universal Crossword · Sep 7, 2025
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BOO
Cry before a jump
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 15, 2025
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SPELLS
They're cast in "Lord of the Rings" movies
Universal Crossword · Aug 13, 2025
4%
OSCARBAIT
Disparaging term for Academy-oriented movies
Universal Crossword · Aug 9, 2025
4%
FLOP
Hollywood horror?
Universal Crossword · Aug 1, 2025
4%
IONE
Skye of the movies
Universal Crossword · Aug 1, 2025
4%
PDA
Smooching at the movies, say
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 1, 2025
4%
WEEBOUNCE
*Roo's first jump?
Universal Crossword · May 16, 2025
4%
ASGARD
Setting of some Marvel movies
Universal Crossword · May 13, 2025
4%
LAP
When you sit down, a cat may jump into it
Universal Crossword · May 13, 2025
4%
RRATED
Like many violent movies
Universal Crossword · May 5, 2025
4%
EVA
Mendes of movies
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Apr 14, 2025
4%
FOLLOWTHATCAR
Pursuer's order to a cabbie, in movies
Universal Crossword · Apr 12, 2025
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AVA
Gardner of movies
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Apr 1, 2025
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BLAIR
"The ___ Witch Project" (1999 horror film)
Universal Crossword · Mar 30, 2025
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SAL
Mineo of movies
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Mar 29, 2025
4%
RAMBO
Tough guy in movies
Universal Crossword · Mar 29, 2025
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ROSEMARYSBABY
*1968 horror film starring Mia Farrow
Universal Crossword · Mar 12, 2025
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MICE
Rodents that can jump more than a foot high
Universal Crossword · Mar 5, 2025
4%
TREMORS
Kevin Bacon horror film with an "Aftershocks" sequel
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 23, 2025
4%
TRIPLETOELOOP
Figure skater’s jump
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Feb 19, 2025
4%
QUIETPLACE
Safe haven in a 2018 horror film
Universal Crossword · Jan 21, 2025
4%
TESSA
Thompson of Marvel movies
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jan 18, 2025
4%
BANDWAGON
Something to jump on
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jan 6, 2025
4%
ETHAN
Hunt in action movies
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 4, 2025
4%
ONTAPE
Like old home movies, perhaps
Universal Crossword · Jan 2, 2025
4%
ARTFILMS
Some indie movies
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Dec 30, 2024
4%
GASP
React in horror
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Dec 5, 2024
4%
MEG
Ryan of movies
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Nov 19, 2024
4%
THEMONSTERUNDERTHEBED
Common childhood fear, examples of which may jump out at you four times in this puzzle?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 10, 2024
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AHS
FX franchise whose middle letter stands for "horror"
Universal Crossword · Nov 6, 2024
4%
ACK
Cry of horror, in the comics
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Nov 4, 2024
4%
AMITYVILLE
Setting of a 1979 horror flick
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Oct 3, 2024
4%
LOY
Myrna of old movies
Premier Sunday Crossword · Sep 22, 2024
4%
GRETA
Garbo of old movies
Premier Sunday Crossword · Sep 22, 2024
4%
AIR
What you might jump to catch?
Universal Crossword · Sep 16, 2024
4%
LEAP
Take a big jump
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 8, 2024
4%
IRANIAN
Like many songs or movies in Farsi
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 6, 2024
4%
HOUSEOFDRACULA
Classic Chaney horror film
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 12, 2024
4%
GOBAG
Kit filled with money and passports, in spy movies
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 31, 2024
4%
CARCULTURE
*Love for hot rods and drive-in movies
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 15, 2024
4%
LEAPT
Made a big jump
Universal Crossword · Jul 2, 2024
4%
BRAM
Gothic horror novelist Stoker
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 19, 2024
4%
ONFILM
Like most older movies
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 15, 2024
4%
RADIATORSPRINGS
Fictional town at the center of "Cars" movies
Universal Crossword · Jun 2, 2024
4%
KRUEGER
Freddy of horror
Universal Crossword · May 22, 2024
4%
LANA
Turner of movies
Thomas Joseph Crossword · May 15, 2024
4%
SCARE
Cause to jump, maybe
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 7, 2024
4%
SPOOKYSEASON
Time for scare tactics?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 4, 2024
4%
RECOIL
Hop back in horror
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2024
4%
ELM
Street in a horror franchise
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 30, 2024
4%
TOM
Cruise in the movies
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Apr 24, 2024
4%
GASPS
Reacts in horror
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Apr 24, 2024
4%
BELA
Early horror star Lugosi
Universal Crossword · Apr 19, 2024
4%
BLAIRWITCH
Legendary figure in a 1999 horror film
Premier Sunday Crossword · Mar 31, 2024
4%
NOIR
Genre of many Bogart movies
Universal Crossword · Mar 31, 2024
4%
STANLEE
Person who has appeared in the most Marvel movies
Universal Crossword · Mar 30, 2024
4%
STEVE
Carell of movies
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Mar 23, 2024
4%
VINCENT
Price of horror films
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Mar 19, 2024
4%
WANDA
Elizabeth's role in Marvel movies
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 17, 2024
4%
CHEVY
Chase in the movies
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Feb 24, 2024
4%
RAISINET
Chocolate-covered morsel at the movies
Universal Crossword · Feb 22, 2024
4%
TOMEI
Marisa of movies
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Feb 21, 2024
4%
FIVE
"___ Nights at Freddy's" (2023 horror flick)
Universal Crossword · Feb 21, 2024
4%
AFAR
Hardly a hop, skip, and a jump away
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 21, 2024
4%
GREENSCREENS
Backdrops for many superhero movies
Universal Crossword · Feb 1, 2024
4%
ARTS
Newspaper section that covers movies
Universal Crossword · Jan 17, 2024
4%
ELI
Roth of horror films
Premier Sunday Crossword · Dec 24, 2023
4%
EPICS
Very long movies
Universal Crossword · Dec 6, 2023
4%
ILONA
Massey of old movies
Premier Sunday Crossword · Dec 3, 2023
4%
ELBA
Idris in Marvel movies
Universal Crossword · Dec 2, 2023
4%
NOLTE
Nick of movies
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Nov 29, 2023
4%
VALE
"Shining __": comedy horror series starring Courteney Cox
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 21, 2023
4%
ALIEN
1979 sci-fi horror film
Universal Crossword · Nov 1, 2023
4%
SKI
Word before "run" or "jump"
Universal Crossword · Oct 29, 2023
4%
REAPER
"Grim" figure in horror films
Universal Crossword · Oct 9, 2023
4%
LEAPTON
Attacked with a jump
Premier Sunday Crossword · Sep 24, 2023
4%
STU
Ed Helms' role in the "Hangover" movies
Universal Crossword · Sep 24, 2023
4%
EMO
Musical genre in zombie movies?
Universal Crossword · Sep 2, 2023
1%
LUTZES
Skating jumps similar to toe loops
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2026
1%
IDEA
Inventor's jumping-off point
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 12, 2026
1%
EEK
"I'm scared!"
Universal Crossword · Apr 1, 2026
1%
CAWED
Ignored a scarecrow, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 28, 2026
1%
FEARNOT
"Don't be scared!"
Universal Crossword · Jan 8, 2026
1%
FALSESTART
Result of jumping the gun
Universal Crossword · Dec 21, 2025
1%
HOTAIRTAXI
Extremely popular puddle jumper?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 26, 2025
1%
APT
Like the last name of high jumper Nathan Leeper
Universal Crossword · May 30, 2025
1%
YEMEN
Country in which camel jumping originated
Universal Crossword · May 26, 2025
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LEAPFROGS
Plays a childhood jumping game
Universal Crossword · May 24, 2025
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SPANS
Part of BASE jumping
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 10, 2025
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TARA
Gold-medal long jumper ___ Davis-Woodhall
Universal Crossword · May 4, 2025
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PANICS
Irrational scares
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Apr 4, 2025
1%
LEAPIN
Enter by jumping
Premier Sunday Crossword · Mar 16, 2025
1%
AXELS
Ice-skating jumps
Universal Crossword · Feb 17, 2025
1%
NEWFEARUNLOCKED
"Great, now I'm scared of this" hashtag
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 18, 2025
1%
HEYDIDDLEDIDDLE
First line of a nursery rhyme about the cow that jumped over the moon
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 9, 2024
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ROO
Pooh's jumping friend
Universal Crossword · Oct 24, 2024
1%
BOING
Sound of jumping on a trampoline, in cartoons
Universal Crossword · Oct 23, 2024
1%
CATS
Their smell scares mice
Universal Crossword · Oct 11, 2024
1%
SLOPESTYLE
Winter Olympics event with rails and jumps
Universal Crossword · Sep 15, 2024
1%
WET
Like one's feet after jumping in puddles
Universal Crossword · Jul 31, 2024
1%
PAYRAISES
Base jumps?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 28, 2024
1%
SAND
Stuff in a long-jump pit
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 28, 2024
1%
FALLINGROCKS
"Base jumping is awesome!"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 14, 2024
1%
ROOS
Aussie jumpers
Universal Crossword · Jul 6, 2024
1%
HANNIBALLECTER
*Villain portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in a 1991 horror/crime film
Universal Crossword · Jun 13, 2024
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DEEPBLUESEA
*Natural-horror film franchise featuring superintelligent sharks
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 13, 2024
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IMPRUDENT
Like jumping without looking
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 12, 2024
1%
DARLA
"Finding Nemo" kid who scares the fish
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 6, 2023

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