"Praying" bug
The crossword clue ""Praying" bug" is answered by MANTIS, a 6-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2011. 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
MANTIS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MANTIS answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MANTIS
Every other clue in this collection answered by MANTIS, most used first.
- "Praying" insect - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Praying ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Predatory insect - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Bug - INSECT, used 22 times
- Bug - PESTER, used 21 times
- Praying figures - ORANTS, used 18 times
- Bug barrier - SCREEN, used 14 times
- Bug on the road? - BEETLE, used 8 times
- Noisy bug - CICADA, used 8 times
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