USA Today Rootonym September 29, 2026 Answers
All 4 root words from the Tuesday Rootonym — each answer with its root and what the root means.
An unnatural dread or unusually high anxiety of water; rabies (noun)
Ellen trembled with ________ knowing she would have to cross the river to reach safety.
Unreasonable fear, hatred of foreigners or something alien or strange (noun)
Judd's ________ about people speaking a foreign language prevents him from traveling.
Pathological anxious concern of heights or of being at a great elevation (noun)
Grace reacted hysterically when she experienced ________ at the edge of the high deck.
An abnormal and strong emotional apprehension of being in enclosed or narrow spaces (noun)
Fran panicked, a sign of ________, when the small elevator stopped between floors.
About this puzzle
This page lists all root words from the USA Today Rootonym published on September 29, 2026. Each card shows the masked word as it appears in the puzzle, the shared root with its meaning, the full answer, and the definition. Tap any definition to open that word's page with its example sentence.