Social insects
The crossword clue "Social insects" is answered by ANTS, a 4-letter entry. Used 28 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ANTS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANTS answer page.
Used 28 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1958. It appears in 10 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.
- TERMITES (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
- 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
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.
- Social equal - PEER, used 85 times
- Social reformer Jacob - RIIS, used 37 times
- Social slight - SNUB, used 28 times
- Social standard - NORM, used 28 times
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