Butterfly cousin

The answer

MOTH

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2016. It appears in 1 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for MOTH

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

• Closet pest - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
• Butterfly relative - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Closet invader - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Sweater eater - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Insect drawn to light - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Miller. - used 9 times, most recently in 2007
• Butterfly's cousin - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Flying insect - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Night flier - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Flame fancier - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Fluttery flyer - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Hole maker - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Insect attracted to light - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Light circler - 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.

• Gator's cousin - CROC, used 134 times
• Clarinet cousin - OBOE, used 92 times
• Bigfoot's cousin - YETI, used 91 times
• Tony's cousin - OBIE, used 74 times
• Butterfly catchers - NETS, used 71 times
• Frog's cousin - TOAD, used 66 times

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