Some parasites

The answer

LICE

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016. 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.

• BACTERIA (1 uses in xd)
• FLATWORMS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for LICE

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

• Grown-up nits - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Parasitic insects - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• Cooties - used 19 times, most recently in 2014
• Tiny parasites - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Cause of some head-scratching - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Wingless parasites - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Parasites - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
• Dog bane - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Adult nits - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Canine pests - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Head infestation - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Pet pests - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Some - AFEW, used 116 times
• Like some vaccines - ORAL, used 103 times
• Some whiskeys - RYES, used 81 times
• Some NCOs - SGTS, used 80 times
• Some wines - REDS, used 72 times
• Some HDTVs - RCAS, used 69 times

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