The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DORMICE , but the solution may also be VOLES which is one of the most recent solution (1990 in New York Times).
Small rodents crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DORMICE | 33 % | 7 |
| VOLES | 33 % | 5 |
| MURIDS | 33 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Small rodents
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- mouse
- lemming
- dormouse
- gerbil
- vole
- cricetidae
- jerboa
- cavy
- jumping mouse
- rat
- squirrel
- family cricetidae
Crossword Answer definitions
DORMICE noun- Any of several species of small, mostly European rodents of the family Gliridae; also called Myoxidae or Muscardinidae by some taxonomists.
- Glis glis, the edible dormouse
- Muscardinus avellanarius, the hazel dormouse.
- A person who sleeps a great deal, or who falls asleep readily (by analogy with the sound hibernation of the dormouse).
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 DORMICE
- Small rodents with lengthy hibernations
- Squirrel look-alikes
- Furry-tailed rodents
- They got their name from their hibernation
- Small rodents.
- Squirrel-like animals.
- Squirrels' kin.
- Squirrel-like rodents.
- Squirrel-like rodents
- Small squirrellike animals
More clues leading to the result VOLES
- Mouselike rodents
- Kin to lemmings
- Kin of lemmings
- Lemmings' kin
- Field mice
- Ratlike rodents
- Meadow mice
- Lemming cousins
- Lemmings' cousins
- Ratlike rodents.