"Darn it!"
The crossword clue ""Darn it!"" is answered by RATS, a 4-letter entry. Used 101 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 20 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RATS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RATS answer page.
Used 101 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1972. It appears in 20 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.
- OHRATS (16 uses in xd)
Other clues for RATS
Every other clue in this collection answered by RATS, most used first.
- "Phooey!" - used 172 times, most recently in 2026
- "Darn!" - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
- Charlie Brown expletive - used 32 times, most recently in 2021
- "Doggone!" - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Word of disgust - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
- "Peanuts" expletive - used 26 times, most recently in 2019
- Lab-maze runners - used 21 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.
- Give a darn - CARE, used 119 times
- "Darn it!" - DRAT, used 91 times
- Darn - MEND, used 42 times
- "Darn!" - DRAT, used 38 times
- "Darn it!" - HECK, used 21 times
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