The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WASPS , but the solution may also be WASPS Down which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Stinging insects crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WASPS | 51 % | 5 |
| BEES | 24 % | 4 |
| HORNETS | 14 % | 7 |
| FIREANTS | 5 % | 8 |
| WASPS Down | 3 % | 40 |
| GNATS | 3 % | 5 |
Why may WASPS-DOWN be the right solution?
The clue "Stinging insects" is referring to a group of insects known as wasps, making "wasps" the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stinging insects
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bees
- wasps
- hornets
- yellow jackets
- hornet
- bee
- bite
- biting
- wasp
- hymenopterous
- sting
- damselfly
Crossword Answer definitions
WASPS noun- A member of the dominant American upper-class culture: a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
- A member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
- Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet.
- Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila).
- A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish.
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 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 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 HORNETS
- __ nest (contentious situation)
- New Orleans team
- Nest pests
- New Orleans hoopsters
- Some stingers
- Charlotte NBA team
- Stinging insects
- New Orleans cagers
- Bee predators
- Stinging insects.
More clues leading to the result FIREANTS
- Stinging crawlers
- Insects with a painful sting
- Aggressive stingers
- Stinging insects
- What phorid flies are imported to prey on
- Colonial stingers
- Some picnic pests