Tiny parasite
The crossword clue "Tiny parasite" is answered by MITE, a 4-letter entry. Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. 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
MITE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MITE answer page.
Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 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.
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 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
- Small parasite - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- 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.
- 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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