Gnat or rat
The crossword clue "Gnat or rat" is answered by PEST, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PEST
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PEST answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PEST
Every other clue in this collection answered by PEST, most used first.
- Nuisance - used 336 times, most recently in 2026
- Pain in the neck - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Annoyance - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
- Annoying person - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- Annoying one - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Nudnik - used 48 times, most recently in 2022
- Exterminator's target - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Irritant - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Bother - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Bothersome person - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Mosquito or gnat - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Noodge - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Royal pain - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Hanger-on - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Annoying sort - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Irksome person - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Annoyer - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Aphid, to a gardener - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Buttinsky - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
- Irksome insect - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Bothersome one - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Bothersome sort - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Exterminator's quarry - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Irksome one - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Annoying type - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- ___ control - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Flea or fly - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Irksome sort - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Plague - used 7 times, most recently in 1998
- Unwelcome greenhouse guest - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Dennis, to Mr. Wilson - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Gadfly - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Gnat, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Irritating one - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Irritating sort - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Termite, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Thorn in one's side - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
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.
- Rat-___ - ATAT, used 147 times
- "Ratatouille" rat - REMY, used 50 times
- Rat tail? - ATAT, used 28 times
- Rat Pack nickname - DINO, used 21 times
- Chew like a rat - GNAW, used 20 times
- Rug rat - TYKE, used 15 times
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