Rats, to cats
The crossword clue "Rats, to cats" is answered by PREY, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. 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
PREY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PREY answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PREY
Every other clue in this collection answered by PREY, most used first.
- Quarry - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
- Hunted animal - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Victim - used 54 times, most recently in 2023
- Mice, to owls - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Hunter's quarry - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
- The hunted - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Fly, to a spider - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Mouse, to an owl - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Hunted - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Hunted one - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Hunter's target - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Flies, to spiders - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Predator's target - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Hunted animals - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Zebras, to lions - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Bird of ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Bird of __ (eagle or vulture) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Gazelle, to a cheetah - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Mice, to cats - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Victimize, with "on" - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- "Rats!" - DARN, used 65 times
- Rain cats and dogs - POUR, used 49 times
- "Rats!" - DANG, used 44 times
- Cats and dogs - PETS, used 29 times
- Male cats - TOMS, used 26 times
- Rain cats and dogs - TEEM, used 19 times
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