Lab rodent

The answer

RAT

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAT answer page.

Used 16 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 4 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.

• MOUSE (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for RAT

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

• Snitch - used 196 times, most recently in 2026
• Squealer - used 192 times, most recently in 2026
• Scoundrel - used 144 times, most recently in 2026
• Traitor - used 60 times, most recently in 2025
• Squeal - used 52 times, most recently in 2022
• Informer - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Double-crosser - used 47 times, most recently in 2025
• Tattletale - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Fink - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Backstabber - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Lab animal - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Chinese zodiac animal - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Maze runner - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Deserter - used 37 times, most recently in 2021
• Long-tailed rodent - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Stoolie - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
• Lab maze runner - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• No-goodnik - used 33 times, most recently in 2024
• Mob informant - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Rodent. - used 32 times, most recently in 2012
• Stool pigeon - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Mob pariah - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Turncoat - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Pied Piper follower - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Sewer rodent - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Word before or after "pack" - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Informant - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• One not to be trusted - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Pack animal? - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Betrayer - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Bandicoot - used 19 times, most recently in 1997
• Hair pad. - used 19 times, most recently in 1999
• Wharf pest - used 19 times, most recently in 2012
• Chinese zodiac rodent - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Tell (on) - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• First animal in the Chinese zodiac - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Mouse's cousin - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Tattle - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Singer? - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Squeal (on) - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Untrustworthy one - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Hairpiece - used 13 times, most recently in 1999
• Maze-running rodent - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• __ race - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Subway rodent - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Cat's prey - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Sewer scurrier - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Subway scurrier - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of race - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• Ship deserter - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
• "Brother ___" - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• Hamelin pest - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Tattle (on) - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Teller? - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Blackguard - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Dumpster critter - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Sinking ship deserter - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Spill the beans - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Start of a drum sound - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Templeton of "Charlotte's Web," for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Turn informer - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Turn state's evidence - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Bean spiller - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Mob target - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Mouse cousin - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Pack ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Plague carrier - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Rizzo the Muppet, for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Tell - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Animal in the Chinese zodiac - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Blow the whistle - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Mob turncoat - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Untrustworthy sort - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Chinese calendar animal - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Disloyal one - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• He sings to the man - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Inform (on) - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• One living in a dump - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Stinker - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Tattler - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Templeton in "Charlotte's Web" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Two-timer - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Unpopular singer? - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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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.

• Lab eggs - OVA, used 100 times
• Crime lab evidence - DNA, used 43 times
• Eggs in a lab - OVA, used 37 times
• Lab subj. - SCI, used 26 times
• Photo lab abbr. - ENL, used 18 times
• Crime lab sample - DNA, used 14 times

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