Tiny parasites
The crossword clue "Tiny parasites" is answered by LICE, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LICE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LICE answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- 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
- Some parasites - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- 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.
- Tiny bit - IOTA, used 286 times
- Tiny amount - IOTA, used 167 times
- Tiny particle - ATOM, used 96 times
- Tiny bit - ATOM, used 58 times
- Tiny skin opening - PORE, used 55 times
- Tiny branch - TWIG, used 51 times
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