What rodents do.

The answer

GNAW

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

Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for GNAW

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

• Chew (on) - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• Chew like a beaver - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Chew - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Nibble - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Nibble (on) - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Chew like a rodent - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Chew like a rat - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Chew persistently - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Chew like a squirrel - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Emulate a beaver - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Nibble away - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Eat like a mouse - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Bite like a beaver - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Bother, with "at" - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Eat at - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Chew at - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Chew like a mouse - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Eat away - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Corrode - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• Eat away at - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Eat like a beaver - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Make like a beaver - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Rodents do it - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Chew like a chipmunk - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Eat beaver-style - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Torment - used 8 times, most recently in 1992
• Use one's incisors - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Chew like mice do - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Chew on a bone - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Chew on, as a bone - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Chew, squirrel-style - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Eat like a rat - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Mimic a mouse - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Munch like a mouse - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Work on a bone - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Work on, as a bone - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Bite - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Chew away (at) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Squirrels do it - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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