"Fiddlesticks!"

The answer

RATS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RATS answer page.

Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 6 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.

• PSHAW (60 uses in xd)
• DRAT (46 uses in xd)
• POOH (12 uses in xd)
• BAH (11 uses in xd)
• DARN (11 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
• "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
• "Dagnabbit!" - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Long-tailed rodents - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "Doggone it!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• "Darn it all!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Charlie Brown exclamation - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Pied Piper's followers - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Rodents. - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Shoot!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "Shucks!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Pied Piper followers - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Squealers - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Cry of disgust - used 10 times, most recently in 2002
• "Dang!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "Dang it!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Deserters - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Hamelin's problem - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• Lab animals - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Opposite of "yippee!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• "Aw, shucks!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Charlie Brown's expletive - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• "Gosh darn it!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Tellers? - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• "Curses!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Mild expletive - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Scoundrels - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Squeals - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• "Aw, darn!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Charlie Brown's "Darn!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Charlie Brown's exclamation - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Hamelin problem - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Piper's followers - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Some rodents - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Subway rodents - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Aw, heck!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Charlie Brown cry - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Charlie Brown outburst - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Cry from Charlie Brown - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Hamelin pests - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Informers - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• "Peanuts" exclamation - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Snitches - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Stool pigeons - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Vermin - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• "Fiddlesticks!" - DRAT, used 46 times
• "Fiddlesticks!" - POOH, used 12 times
• "Fiddlesticks!" - DARN, used 11 times
• "Fiddlesticks!" - BOSH, used 9 times

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