The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WASPS , but the solution may also be MOTHS which is one of the most recent solution (2005 in Newsday).
Winged insects crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| WASPS | 33 % | 5 |
| MOTHS | 33 % | 5 |
| ALATES | 33 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Winged insects
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- flies
- mosquitoes
- moths
- butterflies
- locusts
- cricket
- tsetse fly
- king
- periscope
- sling
- spider
- fly
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 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?