The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MOLE which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Burrowing animal crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MOLE | 58 % | 4 |
| RATEL | 16 % | 5 |
| VOLE | 11 % | 4 |
| WOMBAT | 5 % | 6 |
| ARMADILLO | 5 % | 9 |
| BADGER | 5 % | 6 |
Why may MOLE be the right solution?
A mole is a burrowing animal that is known for digging tunnels and living underground. Therefore, it fits the clue "Burrowing animal".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Burrowing animal
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- rodent
- mole
- badger
- vole
- wombat
- ratel
- earth
- lancelet
- armadillo
- fossorial
- earthed
- earthing
Crossword Answer definitions
MOLE noun- A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.
- Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae.
- Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.
- An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an enemy organisation, especially an intelligence or governmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.
- A kind of self-propelled excavator used to form underground drains, or to clear underground pipelines
- A type of underground drain used in farm fields, in which a mole plow creates an unlined channel through clay subsoil.
- A moll, a bitch, a slut.
- A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.
- A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.
- An Ancient Roman mausoleum.
- In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities (atoms, ions, molecules, etc.) as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12. Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number.
- A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.
- One of several spicy sauces typical of the cuisine of Mexico and neighboring Central America, especially the sauce which contains chocolate and which is used in cooking main dishes, not desserts.
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 MOLE
- Burrowing mammal
- Double agent
- Lawn burrower
- CIA problem
- Lawn problem
- Yard tunneler
- Suburban pest
- Lawn wrecker
- Birthmark
- Burrower
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 VOLE
- Burrowing mammal
- Short-tailed rodent
- Rat's cousin
- Small rodent
- Meadow mouse
- Kin of a lemming
- Meadow rodent
- Lemming kin
- Mouselike farmland pest
- Mouselike critter
More clues leading to the result WOMBAT
- Outback marsupial
- Burrowing Australian marsupial
- Tasmanian burrower
- *Marsupial with a backward-facing pouch
- Australian marsupial
- Burrowing marsupial
- Marsupial seen down under
- Burrowing Down Under critter
- Aussie marsupial
- Burrowing beast
More clues leading to the result ARMADILLO
- Texas burrower
- Sloth's cousin
- Bony-plated mammal
- Burrowing bony-plated animal
- Bony-plated forager
- Tanklike mammal
- Plated mammal
- Texas's official state small mammal
- Animal with a coat of mail.
- Relative of the peba.