"Darn!"

The answer

NUTS

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 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.

• RATS (55 uses in xd)
• SEW (49 uses in xd)
• MEND (42 uses in xd)
• DRAT (38 uses in xd)
• HECK (20 uses in xd)

Other clues for NUTS

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

• Crazy - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• "Phooey!" - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• Bonkers - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• "Darn it!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Squirrel's cache - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Cashews and pecans - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Cuckoo - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• "Dang it!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Trail mix ingredients - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Loony - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Crackers - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• "Doggone it!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Loco - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Off one's rocker - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Party snacks - used 6 times, most recently in 2018

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.

• Give a darn - CARE, used 119 times
• "Darn it!" - RATS, used 101 times
• "Darn it!" - DRAT, used 91 times
• "Darn!" - RATS, used 55 times
• Darn - MEND, used 42 times
• "Darn!" - DRAT, used 38 times

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