Grumpy sort

The answer

CRAB

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

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CRAB

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

• Grouch - used 131 times, most recently in 2026
• Beach crawler - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Zodiac sign. - used 25 times, most recently in 1998
• Lobster relative - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Sourpuss - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Grump - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Complain - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Curmudgeon - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Zodiac animal - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Fiddler, for one - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Fiddler on the reef - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Chesapeake Bay catch - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Grumpy person - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Lobster cousin - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Kvetch - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Zodiac crustacean - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Zodiac symbol - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Bellyacher - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Complainer - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Grumpy one - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• "Hermit" crustacean - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Grouchy person - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Grouse - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Clawed crawler - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Crustacean. - used 7 times, most recently in 1986
• Kind of apple. - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
• Beach creature - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Beach sidler - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Constant complainer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Fiddler or hermit - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Grouchy sort - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Maryland delicacy - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Maryland specialty - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Sideways-walking crustacean - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Deadliest Catch" catch - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Sort - TYPE, used 64 times
• Manipulative sort - USER, used 57 times
• Active sort - DOER, used 43 times
• Uppity sort - SNOB, used 33 times
• Uncool sort - NERD, used 32 times
• Grumpy mood - SNIT, used 27 times

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