The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word ANT , but the solution may also be HEXAPOD which is one of the most recent solution (1996 in New York Times).
Insect crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ANT | 36 % | 3 |
| GNAT | 23 % | 4 |
| BEE | 7 % | 3 |
| FLEA | 6 % | 4 |
| WASP | 2 % | 4 |
| TSETSE | 2 % | 6 |
| BORER | 2 % | 5 |
| MANTIS | 1 % | 6 |
| DOR | 1 % | 3 |
| APHID | 1 % | 5 |
| MOTH | 1 % | 4 |
| CICADA | 1 % | 6 |
| REDANT | 1 % | 6 |
| APHIS | 1 % | 5 |
| HONEYBEE | 1 % | 8 |
| MIDGE | 1 % | 5 |
| TERMITE | 1 % | 7 |
| EARWIG | 1 % | 6 |
| TSETSEFLY | 1 % | 9 |
| GRASSHOPPER | 0 % | 11 |
| BEETLE | 0 % | 6 |
| WEEVIL | 0 % | 6 |
| JAPANESEBEETLE | 0 % | 14 |
| ELATER | 0 % | 6 |
| DEERFLY | 0 % | 7 |
| HEXAPOD | 0 % | 7 |
| MITE | 0 % | 4 |
| CADDISFLY | 0 % | 9 |
| BUG | 0 % | 3 |
| HORNET | 0 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Insect
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- louse
- worm
- dirt ball
- bug
- entomology
- mosquito
- beetle
- cockroach
- arthropod
- hexapod
- infestation
- pest
Crossword Answer definitions
ANT noun- Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
- A Web spider.
- To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.
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 ANT
- "A Bug's Life" character
- Chocolate-covered morsel, to some
- Kitchen intruder
- One of "Them!"
- Picnic crasher
- Tiny toiler
- Uninvited picnic attendee
- Barbecue buttinsky
- Carpenter, for one
- Farm animal?
More clues leading to the result GNAT
- Airborne pest
- Annoying insect
- Biting insect
- Pesky insect
- Swarming insect
- Tiny insect
- Flying pest
- Mini mosquito
- Pesky flier
- Small annoyance
More clues leading to the result BEE
- Belushi's "killer" character
- Drone, e.g.
- Royal jelly producer
- Spelling affair
- Spelling event
- Stinger sporter
- Waxmaker
- Frequent flyer?
- Kind of line
- Propolis collector
More clues leading to the result FLEA
- Dog's hitchhiker
- Bloodsucking insect
- Collar kind
- Doghouse denizen
- Collar or circus
- It can be a market or a circus
- Kind of market
- Canine hanger-on
- Torment for Fido
- Discount market
More clues leading to the result WASP
- Paralyzing stinger
- Stinger
- It stings
- Mud dauber
- Pest control pest
- Hornet or velvet ant
- Nasty stinger
- Nest dweller
- Nesting stinger
- Eaves nester
More clues leading to the result TSETSE
- African bloodsucker
- Bloodsucking fly
- Fearless flyer?
- Sleeping-sickness carrier
- African fly
- Dangerous buzzer
- Plague maker in Africa
- Plague of Africa
- Fly over the Equator
- Dangerous fly
More clues leading to the result BORER
- Hole-making pest
- Shipworm or hagfish
- Drilling tool
- Bug found in trunks
- Hole maker
- Destructive insect
- Hole-making bug
- Drill
- Auger, e.g.
- Drilling bug
More clues leading to the result MANTIS
- Praying ___
- Praying insect
- Praying figure
- Close cousin of the cockroach
- Insectivorous insect
- Insect that appears to be in prayer
- Insectivore that seems to be saying grace
- Praying insect?
- Small prayer?
- "Praying" insect
More clues leading to the result DOR
- Palme ___ (Cannes award)
- Palme ___
- Golden, to Gaston
- Le Coq ___
- Palme ___ (Cannes film award)
- Tumblebug
- Filmdom's "Palme __"
- "Le Coq __"
- Golden, in Grenoble
- Le Coq __
More clues leading to the result APHID
- Garden pest
- Lacewing's lunch
- Plant pest
- Creature often killed with a spray
- Gardener's pest
- Lousy creature
- It can ruin a plot
- Ladybug's prey
- Plant-eating insect
- Plant menace
More clues leading to the result MOTH
- Clothes muncher
- Sweater eater
- Cecropia, for one
- Sphinx or emperor
- Butterfly relative
- Closet invader
- Flame follower
- Night-flying insect
- Closet eater?
- Nocturnal pollinator
More clues leading to the result CICADA
- This puzzle's author, for one
- Bug that hibernates for prime numbers of years, helping it avoid predators
- Stridulous insect
- Harvest fly
- Summer insect
- Shrill critter
- 17-year locust, e.g.
- 17-year locust
- Buzzing insect
- Loud buzzer
More clues leading to the result REDANT
- Household insect
- Colonial army member?
- Hill pest
- Patio invader
- Bright-colored biter
- Bolshevik bug?
- Hill inhabitant
- Tiny biter
- Patio crawler
- Stinging crawler
More clues leading to the result APHIS
- Little sucker
- Garden pest
- Plant menace
- Plant louse
- Fruit pest genus
- Genus of garden pests
- Genus of sap suckers
- Crop pest
- Plant pest genus
- Pest in the garden
More clues leading to the result HONEYBEE
- Pollen gatherer
- Busy buzzer
- Garden buzzer
- Insect experiencing colony collapse
- Drone, perhaps
- Apiologist's study
- Buzzer in the garden
- Critter named for what it creates
- Winged stinger
- Hive member
More clues leading to the result MIDGE
- Pesky fly
- Friend of Barbie
- Winged nuisance
- Pesky biter
- Girl in the Archie comics
- Little pest
- Tiny fly
- Tiny biter
- Mosquito-like insect
- Gnatlike insect
More clues leading to the result TERMITE
- Chlordane victim
- Aardvark's morsel
- Morsel for an aardvark
- Home wrecker
- House-eating pest
- Aardvark snack
- Wood-eating insect
- Cellulose eater
- Homeowner's concern
- Unhappy home inspection find
More clues leading to the result EARWIG
- Insect with pincers
- Influence by insinuation
- Bug with pincers
- Attempt to sway, in a way
- Nocturnal insect
- Pincered bug
- Pincered insect
- Crop-eating insect
- Insect with abdominal pincers
- Strawberry-patch bane
More clues leading to the result TSETSEFLY
- Botswana bloodsucker
- African insect
- African menace
- Spreader of sleeping sickness
- Dangerous biter
- Plague of Africa, now being brought under control.
- Insect.
- Carrier of encephalitis
- Insect
- African disease carrier
More clues leading to the result GRASSHOPPER
- Light military plane
- Drink made with crème de cacao and crème de menthe
- Aesop playboy
- Bar order
- Minty cocktail
- Aesopian loafer
- Creamy cocktail
- Wickerwork bin?
- Leaping insect
- Light, unarmed scouting plane.
More clues leading to the result BEETLE
- Scarab, for one
- Scarab
- Type of Volkswagen
- June bug, e.g.
- Jut, like a brow
- VW redux
- Popular V.W. model
- June bug, for example
- Camp Swampy private Bailey
- Bailey of the comics
More clues leading to the result WEEVIL
- Crop-attacking bug
- Cotton planter's woe
- Cotton farmer's concern
- Snout beetle
- Destructive beetle
- Boll ___ (destructive insect)
- Boll menace
- Cotton grower's concern
- Boll eater
- Cotton pest
More clues leading to the result JAPANESEBEETLE
More clues leading to the result ELATER
- Noisy beetle
- Cheerer-up
- Click beetle
- Spirits lifter
- Bringer of joy
- Mood elevator
- One who gets you up
- One who gives you a lift
- Beetle.
- Exalter.
More clues leading to the result DEERFLY
More clues leading to the result HEXAPOD
- House fly, for one.
- Insect
- Six-legged creature, to an entomologist
- Insect, e.g.
- Many a bug
- Creature with six feet
More clues leading to the result MITE
- Small insect
- Wee arthropod
- Bed bug
- Scabies transmitter
- Teeny bit
- Tiny pest
- Far-from humongous creature
- Bitty bug
- Parasitic arachnid
- Teeny arachnid
More clues leading to the result CADDISFLY
More clues leading to the result BUG
- Glitch
- Listening device
- Annoy
- Common cold
- Pester
- Program problem
- Eavesdropper's aid
- Surveillance device
- Popular VW car
- Plant microphones