Small parasite
The crossword clue "Small parasite" is answered by MITE, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MITE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MITE answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MITE
Every other clue in this collection answered by MITE, most used first.
- Tiny arachnid - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Tiny amount - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Tiny bit - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Tiny parasite - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
- Tiny bug - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Tiny pest - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Wee parasite - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Tiny insect - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Small amount - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Arachnid - used 10 times, most recently in 2002
- Little bit - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Wee bit - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Bit - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Small creature. - used 9 times, most recently in 1980
- Small sum - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
- Itty-bitty bug - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Pittance - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Small arachnid - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Smidgen - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Speck - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Tick's cousin - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Minuscule amount - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Minute arachnid - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Plant pest - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Spider's kin - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Dust bug - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Puny parasite - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Teeny bit - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Tiny biter - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- Small bills - ONES, used 324 times
- Small songbird - WREN, used 265 times
- Small whirlpool - EDDY, used 139 times
- Small combo - TRIO, used 137 times
- Small salamander - NEWT, used 126 times
- Small brook - RILL, used 101 times
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