The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word OTTER , but the solution may also be STOAT Down which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Weasel relative crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OTTER | 35 % | 5 |
| MARTEN | 15 % | 6 |
| STOAT | 15 % | 5 |
| SKUNK | 5 % | 5 |
| ERMINE | 5 % | 6 |
| MINK | 5 % | 4 |
| SABLE | 5 % | 5 |
| HONEYBADGER | 3 % | 11 |
| STOAT Down | 3 % | 40 |
| FERRET | 3 % | 6 |
| OTER | 3 % | 4 |
| PINEMARTEN | 3 % | 10 |
| TAYRA | 3 % | 5 |
Why may STOAT-DOWN be the right solution?
The stoat is a relative of the weasel and is often referred to as a short-tailed weasel. Therefore, "Weasel relative" is a fitting clue for the answer "STOAT".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Weasel relative
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stoat
- ermine
- sable
- statant
- guardant
- mink
- vair
- polecat
- purpure
- racoon
- couped
- passant
Crossword Answer definitions
OTTER noun- An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others.
- A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.
- Annatto (dye)
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 OTTER
- Furry swimmer
- Playful mammal
- Weasel family member
- Weasel's kin
- Web-footed mammal
- "Ring of Bright Water" pet
- Aquatic mammal
- Friend of Mole and Water Rat
- Weasel's relative
- River dweller
More clues leading to the result MARTEN
- Weasel's relative
- Weasel family member
- Sable kin
- Weasel's cousin
- Weasel-like carnivore
- Weasel relative
- Weaselly critter
- Dark-furred carnivore
- Mink relative
- Glossy-coated tree dweller
More clues leading to the result STOAT
- Brown ermine
- Summer weasel
- Ermine
- Summer ermine
- Short tail weasel
- Weasel that's an invasive species
- Weasel relative
- Mink kin
- Big ermine
- Brown-coated ermine
More clues leading to the result SKUNK
- Defeat overwhelmingly
- Flower in a children's story, e.g.
- Hold scoreless
- Keep scoreless
- No-goodnik
- Pepe Le Pew, for one
- Striped stinker
- Despicable slimeball
- Prevent from scoring
- Stinker
More clues leading to the result ERMINE
- Royal robe trim
- Weasel in winter
- Fur for a king
- Northern weasel
- Weasel fur
- Winter weasel
- Mink alternative
- White fur
- Fine fur
- He's a weasel
More clues leading to the result MINK
- Fancy fur
- Furry mammal
- Fur-beating animal
- Expensive wrap
- Stole stuff?
- Sugar daddy's gift, perhaps
- Stole stuff
- Stole material
- Ermine cousin
- Weasellike creature
More clues leading to the result SABLE
- Mercury model
- Weasel hunted for its fur
- Fine fur
- Costly fur
- Dark brown shade
- Black fur
- Rena Mero's WWF pseudonym
- Marten's coat
- Marten's fur
- Variety of black
More clues leading to the result HONEYBADGER
- *Weasel relative
- Guinness's "most fearless animal"
- He don't care, according to one Internet meme
- African carnivore that's technically closer to a weasel
- Weasel kin known for invading beehives
More clues leading to the result STOAT Down
More clues leading to the result FERRET
- Variety of polecat
- Weasel's kin
- Nose (out)
- Bring to light, with "out"
- Domesticated polecat
- Search (out)
- Polecat cousin
- Polecat's relative
- Skunk relative
- Polecat kin
More clues leading to the result OTER
- Weasel relative
- Man-otter victim of Loki: Norse.
- To take off: Fr.
- To remove, in Rouen
- To take off, in Rouen
- To take off, at De Gaulle