Hill-building insect
The crossword clue "Hill-building insect" is answered by ANT, a 3-letter entry. Used 55 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ANT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANT answer page.
Used 55 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ANT
Every other clue in this collection answered by ANT, most used first.
- Picnic pest - used 156 times, most recently in 2026
- Hill dweller - used 127 times, most recently in 2026
- Pismire - used 127 times, most recently in 2019
- Industrious insect - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
- Crumb carrier - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
- Colony member - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Busy insect - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Pantry pest - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
- Insect in a colony - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Picnic crasher - used 51 times, most recently in 2025
- Picnic invader - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Social insect - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Building wing - ELL, used 345 times
- San Francisco's ___ Hill - NOB, used 153 times
- Craggy hill - TOR, used 87 times
- Building addition - ELL, used 81 times
- Building extension - ELL, used 77 times
- Rocky hill - TOR, used 69 times
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