Night flier
The crossword clue "Night flier" is answered by MOTH, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1967. 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
MOTH
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOTH answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1967. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for MOTH
Every other clue in this collection answered by MOTH, most used first.
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- 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
- 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.
- "___ the night before Christmas ..." - TWAS, used 151 times
- "Night" author Wiesel - ELIE, used 130 times
- "___ the night before ..." - TWAS, used 100 times
- Night light - NEON, used 74 times
- Night light - STAR, used 60 times
- Study all night - CRAM, used 52 times
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