The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ANTS , but the solution may also be HEXAPODS which is one of the most recent solution (2011 in New York Times).
Insects crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ANTS | 51 % | 4 |
| GNATS | 11 % | 5 |
| BEES | 4 % | 4 |
| FLEAS | 4 % | 5 |
| HEXAPODS | 3 % | 8 |
| MOTHS | 3 % | 5 |
| BORERS | 3 % | 6 |
| LICE | 3 % | 4 |
| APHIDS | 3 % | 6 |
| NITS | 3 % | 4 |
| EMMETS | 3 % | 6 |
| WASPS | 3 % | 5 |
| PESTS | 1 % | 5 |
| MITES | 1 % | 5 |
| REDANTS | 1 % | 7 |
| DRAGONFLIES | 1 % | 11 |
| CENTIPEDES | 1 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Insects
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- louse
- worm
- dirt ball
- ants
- bees
- beetles
- bites
- bug
- bugs
- entomology
- mosquitoes
- outbreaks
Crossword Answer definitions
ANTS 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 ANTS
- Lunch for an aardvark
- Picnic pests
- "Them!" in the 1954 film
- Army members
- Barbecue buttinskies
- Colony builders
- Crawling colonists
- Hill dwellers
- Household pests
- Kitchen pests
More clues leading to the result GNATS
- Airborne pests
- Pesty biters
- No-see-ums
- Tiny biters
- Summer swarm
- Swattable pests
- Annoying swarm
- Miniature biters
- Irritants in a cloud
- Insects that form "ghosts" when they swarm
More clues leading to the result BEES
- Apian group
- Some are queens, others workers
- "The __ knees" (great)
- Hive hummers
- Honey bunch?
- Buzzers
- Critters experiencing colony collapse disorder
- Colony figures
- Events featuring ten-dollar words
- Insects that can spell?
More clues leading to the result FLEAS
- Parasitic insects
- Little itch causers
- Dog bane
- Lab critters?
- Pointer's bane
- Woe for some boxers
- Pug's irritants
- Pet collar targets
- Circus performers
- Peeves for pets
More clues leading to the result HEXAPODS
More clues leading to the result MOTHS
- Closet invaders
- Costumier's woe
- Night light sights
- Flame fanciers
- Some lepidopterans
- Closet eaters?
- Closet pests
- Fluttery fliers
- What cutworms become
- Night-light crowd?
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 LICE
- Parasitic insects
- External parasites
- Hair-y pests
- Plant ___ (aphids)
- Plant __ (aphids)
- Small parasites
- Cooties
- Some parasites
- They cause head scratching
- Certain shampoo target
More clues leading to the result APHIDS
- Plant pests
- Plant lice
- Fruit farmers' bane
- Garden-destroying insects
- Prey for ladybugs
- Insects that secrete honeydew
- Honeydew secreters
- Snacks for ladybugs
- Farm pests
- Gardener's concern
More clues leading to the result NITS
- Head lice
- Picked things
- Small prevarications
- Lice-to-be
- Louse eggs
- Tiny eggs
- Little lice
- Insect eggs
- They can be picked
- Dolts, in Dover
More clues leading to the result EMMETS
- Ants
- Insects.
- Ants.
- Ants, old style.
- Irish patriot and family
- Irish patriot's family
- Family of an Irish hero
- Family of an Irish patriot
- Ants, in dialect
- Ants, archaically
More clues leading to the result WASPS
- Biting insects
- Fairyflies, e.g.
- Insects with stingers
- Stereotypical moneyed folk
- Mud daubers
- Nasty stingers
- Nasty nesters
- Nesting nasties
- Flyers with narrow waists
- Stinging insects
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 MITES
- Tiny things
- Relatives of ticks
- Tiny ones
- They can eat your dust
- Eight-legged parasites
- Small sums of money
- Tiny critters
- Wee bits
- Tiny arachnids
- Spiderlike garden pests
More clues leading to the result REDANTS
- Hill residents
- Colorful hill insects
- Hilltop crawlers
- Tiny stingers
- Small stingers
- Household pests
- Common pests
- Little biters
- Insects
- Pharaohs, in the insect world
More clues leading to the result DRAGONFLIES
- Four-winged fliers
- Insects.
- Pond denizens
- So-called devil's darning needles [2000]
- Part three of the quip