Noisy bug
The crossword clue "Noisy bug" is answered by CICADA, a 6-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CICADA
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CICADA answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CICADA
Every other clue in this collection answered by CICADA, most used first.
- Noisy insect - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Locust - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Loud insect - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Harvest fly - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Insect with a 17-year life cycle - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Shrill insect - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Bug - INSECT, used 22 times
- Bug - PESTER, used 21 times
- Noisy sleeper - SNORER, used 18 times
- Bug barrier - SCREEN, used 14 times
- Noisy quarrel - FRACAS, used 14 times
- Noisy napper - SNORER, used 11 times
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