"Doggone!"
The crossword clue ""Doggone!"" is answered by RATS, a 4-letter entry. Used 30 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 4 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 30 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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.
- DADGUM (3 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 it!" - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
- "Darn!" - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
- Charlie Brown expletive - used 32 times, most recently in 2021
- 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.
- "Doggone it!" - DRAT, used 66 times
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