The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PESTS , but the solution may also be BORERS which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Destructive insects crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PESTS | 33 % | 5 |
| BORERS | 33 % | 6 |
| TERMITES | 22 % | 8 |
| THRIPS | 11 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Destructive insects
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pest
- pests
- thrips
- mealybug
- sawfly
- aphid
- blight
- borer
- carnivorous
- locust
- ligniperdous
- plague
Crossword Answer definitions
PESTS noun- A plague, pestilence, epidemic
- Any destructive insect or caterpillar that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
- An annoying person, a nuisance.
- An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.
- An invasive weed.
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 PESTS
- Ants, at picnics
- Ants, roaches and the like
- Exterminators' quarries
- Gnats and fleas
- They get on your nerves
- They're a bother
- Nuisances
- Annoyances
- Ants and roaches
- Irritants
More clues leading to the result BORERS
- Destructive bugs
- Insects found in trees
- Moles, e.g.
- Shipworms and pickleworms
- They're penetrating
- Augers
- ___ from within.
- Destructive insects.
- Beetles and termites.
- Boll weevils.
More clues leading to the result TERMITES
- Pangolin food
- They'll bring the house down
- Floorboard ruiners
- Wood consumers
- They ask, "Is the bar tender here?" in a joke
- Problem for home sellers
- Rafter ruiners
- They might bring down the house
- Home wreckers
- Ones eating on the house?