The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TERMITE which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2009.
Wood-eating insect crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TERMITE | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Wood-eating insect
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- termite
- hylophagous
- xylophagous
- grasshopper
- agama
- hopper
- mealybug
- aphid
- tit
- swift
- insectivore
- vireo
Crossword Answer definitions
TERMITE noun- A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
- Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it.
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