Insect repellent compound
The crossword clue "Insect repellent compound" is answered by DEET, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DEET
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEET answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for DEET
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEET, most used first.
- Bug spray ingredient - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Off! ingredient - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Insect repellent ingredient - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Bug repellent ingredient - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Insect repellent - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Bug repellent - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Insect-repelling chemical - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Organic compound - ENOL, used 311 times
- Pesky insect - GNAT, used 159 times
- Stinging insect - WASP, used 121 times
- Chemical compound - ENOL, used 112 times
- Carbon compound - ENOL, used 91 times
- Hydroxyl compound - ENOL, used 79 times
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