The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word NAG which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Badger crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NAG | 29 % | 3 |
| HARASS | 28 % | 6 |
| TEASE | 15 % | 5 |
| PESTER | 5 % | 6 |
| RIDE | 4 % | 4 |
| HECKLE | 3 % | 6 |
| HECTOR | 2 % | 6 |
| VEX | 2 % | 3 |
| BAIT | 2 % | 4 |
| HARRY | 2 % | 5 |
| ANNOY | 1 % | 5 |
| RILE | 1 % | 4 |
| PLAGUE | 1 % | 6 |
| NAGAT | 1 % | 5 |
| HASSLE | 1 % | 6 |
| ARASS | 1 % | 5 |
| IRK | 1 % | 3 |
| BESET | 1 % | 5 |
| RATEL | 1 % | 5 |
| DRIVEONEUPAWALL | 1 % | 15 |
| TORMENT | 1 % | 7 |
| NAGTENACIOUSLY | 1 % | 14 |
Why may NAG be the right solution?
The word "nag" can mean to pester or annoy someone persistently, which is similar to how a badger might bother or harass its prey.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Badger
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bug
- tease
- beleaguer
- harass
- pester
- skunk
- weasel
- sett
- sucker
- stalk
- nag
- tool
Crossword Answer definitions
NAG noun- A small horse; a pony.
- An old useless horse.
- A paramour.
- Someone or something that nags.
- A repeated complaint or reminder.
- A persistent, bothersome thought or worry
- To continuously remind or complain to (someone) in an annoying way, often about insignificant or unnecessary matters.
- To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
- To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result NAG
- Harp
- Worthless horse
- Fuss at
- Get on someone's case
- Harry
- Henpeck
- Old horse or ex-wife
- Pester
- Remind and remind and remind
- Annoy
More clues leading to the result HARASS
- Bug
- Torment
- Dog
- Drive up a wall
- Be a constant pest
- Go beyond pestering
- Persecute
- Annoy persistently
- Hector
- Nag
More clues leading to the result TEASE
More clues leading to the result PESTER
More clues leading to the result RIDE
- Sally in space
- "Thumb a ___"
- Catch a Greyhound
- The Cyclone, for one
- Thumb a __ (hitchhike)
- Be carried by
- Carnival attraction
- Disneyland attraction
- Emulate Miss Daisy
- Go by car
More clues leading to the result HECKLE
- Needle
- Taunt from the stands
- Mock comics
- Badger from the bleachers
- Badger at the park
- Badger at the comedy club
- Give a hard time at the comedy club
- Annoy from the audience
- Razz from the stands
- Razz, as a performer
More clues leading to the result HECTOR
- Composer Berlioz
- Bully
- Browbeat
- Warrior for Troy
- His funeral concludes the "Iliad"
- Prince who defended Troy
- Composer Berlioz or actor Elizondo
- Elizondo of "Chicago Hope"
- Trojan War hero killed by Achilles
- Victim of Achilles
More clues leading to the result VEX
More clues leading to the result BAIT
- Minnows, perhaps
- Worms, often
- Worms, perhaps
- Fisherman's need
- Switch's partner
- Worms and such
- Troll
- Lead astray
- Night crawlers
- Goad
More clues leading to the result HARRY
- "The Trouble with ___": Hitchcock
- "The Trouble with ___":
- One Direction singer Styles
- Reasoner of note
- Rag annoyingly
- J.K.'s hero
- British prince
- "Dirty" character
- Morgan of "M*A*S*H"
- Potter or Truman
More clues leading to the result ANNOY
- Make hot under the collar
- Pester
- Slightly irritate
- Drive bonkers
- Bug
- Be on the back of
- Get under the collar of
- Be a pain in the neck
- Bother
- Irritate
More clues leading to the result RILE
More clues leading to the result PLAGUE
- Continually harass
- Hassle continuously
- One of ten in Exodus
- Annoy continually
- Biblical torment
- Torment
- Blight
- Bubonic __
- Harass
- One of a biblical ten
More clues leading to the result NAGAT
- Bother persistently
- Keep bothering
- Find fault with
- Continually find fault with
- Bother persistently, as an injury
- Find constant fault with
- Torment
- Be shrewish with
- Needle
- Pester persistently
More clues leading to the result HASSLE
- Botheration
- Bug
- Altercate
- Discompose
- Talking to customer service, typically
- Pain in the neck
- Big runaround
- Major headache
- Real pain in the ass
- Squabble
More clues leading to the result ARASS
More clues leading to the result IRK
More clues leading to the result BESET
- Plague
- Worry
- Assail
- Attack from all directions
- Under siege
- Harass
- Under attack
- Widely assailed
- Harried
- Hem in
More clues leading to the result RATEL
- Honey badger
- African honey badger
- Weasel-like animal also called a honey badger
- Honey-loving badger
- Animal that becomes later
- Badgerlike animal.
- Honey-badger.
- Animal.
- Animal like a badger.
- Burrowing animal of India and Africa.
More clues leading to the result DRIVEONEUPAWALL
More clues leading to the result TORMENT
- Relentlessly attack
- Plague
- More than pester
- Vex
- Bedevil
- Pick on endlessly
- Harry
- Tease mercilessly
- Agony
- Annoy persistently