Answer to "Caterpillar" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LARVA , but the solution may also be WORM which is one of the most recent solution (2010 in USA Today).

Caterpillar crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
LARVA	22 %	5
ERUCA	22 %	5
WOOLLYBEAR	11 %	10
AWORMINAFURCOAT	11 %	15
WORM	11 %	4
SLUG	11 %	4
EARTHMOVERMAKER	11 %	15

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Caterpillar

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• cat
• tracked
• caterpillar-tracked
• moth
• larval
• larva
• flower
• chenille
• track
• hose
• crawler
• larvae

Crossword Answer definitions

LARVA noun

1. An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
2. An animal in the aforementioned stage.
3. A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.

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 LARVA

• Baby bug
• Cocoon spinner
• Caterpillar, e.g.
• Tiny wriggler
• Progeny unlike its parent
• Stage in entomology
• Caterpillar or maggot
• Cocoon creator
• Grub
• Metamorphosis stage

More clues leading to the result ERUCA

• Caterpillar.

More clues leading to the result WOOLLYBEAR

• Tiger moth caterpillar
• Weather "forecaster.”
• "Creepy" winter-weather forecaster
• Caterpillar

More clues leading to the result AWORMINAFURCOAT

• Caterpillar

More clues leading to the result WORM

• Lives in a book?
• Book liver?
• Breakdancing move, with "the"
• Dance done face-down
• See 37-Down
• Bit of bait
• Malware app
• "Conqueror" in a Poe poem
• "Thou owest the ___ no silk": King Lear
• Apple invader

More clues leading to the result SLUG

• Hit hard
• Take a swing at
• Punch
• Belt
• Hit but good
• Vending machine cheater
• Sock
• Slothful sort
• Shot of liquor
• Fake coin

More clues leading to the result EARTHMOVERMAKER

• CATERPILLAR