Beetle
The crossword clue "Beetle" is answered by ELATER, a 6-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2002; first recorded in 1942. 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
ELATER
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELATER answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2002; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 3 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.
- DUNG (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for ELATER
Every other clue in this collection answered by ELATER, most used first.
- Click beetle - used 52 times, most recently in 2020
- Snapping beetle. - used 9 times, most recently in 1980
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.
- Sacred beetle - SCARAB, used 48 times
- Egyptian beetle - SCARAB, used 23 times
- Ornamental beetle - SCARAB, used 18 times
- Sacred beetle of ancient Egypt - SCARAB, used 17 times
- Sacred Egyptian beetle - SCARAB, used 17 times
- Bee or beetle - INSECT, used 11 times
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