Butterfly relative
The crossword clue "Butterfly relative" is answered by MOTH, a 4-letter entry. Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MOTH
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOTH answer page.
Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 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.
- BREASTSTROKE (1 uses in xd)
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
- 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
- Butterfly cousin - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- 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.
- Rabbit relative - HARE, used 105 times
- Relative of etc. - ETAL, used 97 times
- Onion relative - LEEK, used 83 times
- Butterfly catchers - NETS, used 71 times
- Bassoon relative - OBOE, used 69 times
- Move like a butterfly - FLIT, used 52 times
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