The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word NIT , but the solution may also be SNIPE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Small grouse crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NIT | 67 % | 3 |
| SNIPE | 17 % | 5 |
| QUIBBLE | 17 % | 7 |
Why may SNIPE be the right solution?
The answer to "Small grouse" is "SNIPE" because a snipe is a type of small bird that is often hunted or grouse about in crossword puzzles.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Small grouse
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- quail
- ptarmigan
- nit
- quibble
- covey
- carp
- crab
- gripe
- partridge
- pout
- black grouse
- capercaillie
Crossword Answer definitions
NIT noun- The egg of a louse.
- A young louse.
- A head louse regardless of its age.
- A fool, a nitwit.
- A nitpicker.
- A minor shortcoming.
- A candela per square meter.
- A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism.
- A logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms.
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 NIT
- Coll. basketball tourney
- Hoops tourney, for short
- This isn't welcome in school
- Little louse
- Nottingham nerd
- NCAA tourney's lesser cousin
- Prefix for wit
- Annual competition first won by the Temple Owls, for short
- Basketball championship of which St. John's has won the most, 6
- Small problem
More clues leading to the result SNIPE
- Bushwhack
- Make malicious remarks
- Marsh bird
- __ at (malign)
- Assail
- Game bird
- Shoot from above
- Take potshots
- Gossip maliciously
- Sandpiper kin