A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

EEK

Fri, 23 Aug '24
Cry of fear
Tue, 20 Aug '24
"A spider!"
Sun, 16 Jun '24
Possible response to a squeak
Thu, 11 Apr '24
"There's something in the pantry!"
Tue, 5 Mar '24
Cry that's a homophone (and anagram) of 55-Down
Thu, 22 Feb '24
"Yikes!"
Sun, 24 Sep '23
"Yikes!"
Sat, 5 Aug '23
"Oh no!"
Wed, 1 Feb '23
Comic strip cry
Fri, 27 Jan '23
Startled cry
Sat, 7 Jan '23
"Yikes!"
Sun, 27 Nov '22
Startled scream
Sun, 30 Oct '22
Startled squeal
Fri, 24 Jun '22
High-pitched cry
Sun, 8 May '22
"Yipe!"
Tue, 19 Apr '22
[A spider!]
Thu, 7 Apr '22
Sound of a mouse pointer?
Tue, 15 Feb '22
"A mouse!"
Sun, 14 Nov '21
"Yikes!"
Sun, 10 Oct '21
"A mouse!"
Tue, 1 Jun '21
Cartoonish shriek
Fri, 12 Mar '21
Sound from a chicken?
Wed, 10 Mar '21
Hair-raising cry