Hill residents

The answer

ANTS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANTS answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• REDANTS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ANTS

Every other clue in this collection answered by ANTS, most used first.

• Picnic pests - used 146 times, most recently in 2026
• Picnic invaders - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Hill dwellers - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
• Pantry pests - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Pismires - used 51 times, most recently in 2024
• Crumb carriers - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Colony members - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• Insects - used 38 times, most recently in 1997
• Hill builders - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Aardvark's meal - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Kitchen pests - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Industrious insects - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Social insects - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Picnic spoilers - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Colony insects - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Picnic crashers - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Formicary residents - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Hill-building insects - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Leaf cutters. - used 22 times, most recently in 2004
• Tiny colonists - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Household pests - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Formicary denizens - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Aardvark's diet - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Pantry invaders - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Wee workers - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Aardvark fare - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• Formicary dwellers - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Picnic intruders - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Aardvark snacks - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• __ in your pants - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Marching insects - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Emmets - used 13 times, most recently in 2003
• Symbols of industry - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Sugar bowl invaders - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Aardvark's lunch - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Army members - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• Colony dwellers - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Hill workers - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Small workers - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Tiny tunnelers - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Aardvark meal - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Aardvark's fare - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Farm workers? - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Insects in colonies - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Marching" (Dave Matthews Band song) - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Picnic interlopers - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Sugar bowl marchers - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Tiny workers - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• White __; termites - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Barbecue buttinskies - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Bugs on a hill - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Colony builders - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Hill-building bugs - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Kitchen invaders - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Social workers? - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Uninvited picnic guests - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "A Bug's Life" bugs - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Army" insects - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Carpenters and harvesters - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Colonizing insects - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Farm animals? - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Farm insects - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Fire" bugs - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Insects in a colony - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Myrmecologist's study - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Queen's subjects - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Busy insects - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Carpenter" insects - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Colony workers - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Creeping colonists - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Home invaders - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Pangolin's diet - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Pangolin's meal - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Pests in a pantry - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Picnic hamperers - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Termites. - used 7 times, most recently in 1975
• Tunneling insects - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Aardvark's dinner - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Colonial group - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Colonial insects - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Cookout crashers - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Crawling colonists - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Farm dwellers - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Food for an aardvark - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Hobby farm denizens - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Red army members? - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Small soldiers - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Some carpenters - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Tiny pantry pests - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Unwelcome picnic guests - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Workers in a colony - used 6 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.

• Flat-topped hill - MESA, used 108 times
• Sand hill - DUNE, used 61 times
• Convent residents - NUNS, used 38 times
• Over-the-hill - AGED, used 29 times
• Residents: Suffix - ITES, used 20 times
• Coop residents - HENS, used 19 times

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