Tabby or calico

The answer

CAT

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAT answer page.

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CAT

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

• Purring pet - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Purr producer - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Feline - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Garfield, for one - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Manx, for one - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Mouse chaser - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Lynx or lion - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Grimalkin - used 26 times, most recently in 2015
• Tabby - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Hipster - used 25 times, most recently in 2018
• Garfield, e.g. - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
• Cool dude - used 21 times, most recently in 2018
• Jazz fan - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Scratching post user - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Persian or Siamese - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Pet that purrs - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Jazz aficionado - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Jazz lover - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Kind of burglar - used 14 times, most recently in 2007
• Popular pet - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Dude - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Manx, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Mouse catcher - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Persian, for one - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Cool ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Curiosity victim - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
• Persian, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Russian blue, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Sylvester, for one - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Feline pet - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Garfield - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• Lion or tiger - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "The ___ in the Hat" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Alley prowler - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Angora. - used 8 times, most recently in 1977
• Cool one - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Friskies eater - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Garfield or Felix - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Felix or Fritz - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Jazz devotee - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Lion or leopard - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Panther or puma - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Small sailboat. - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
• Tiger or tabby - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Whiskered pet - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Yusuf, before 1978 - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Felix, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Garfield or Heathcliff - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Hep dude - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Laser chaser - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Laser pointer chaser - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Meowing pet - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Mouser - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Siamese, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Siamese or Persian - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Socks, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Tabby or tiger - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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• Calico coat - FUR, used 7 times

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