Nasty stingers
The crossword clue "Nasty stingers" is answered by WASPS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
WASPS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the WASPS answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for WASPS
Every other clue in this collection answered by WASPS, most used first.
- Stinging insects - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Some stingers - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Stingers - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Winged stingers - used 8 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.
- Nasty - SNIDE, used 38 times
- Nasty look - SNEER, used 30 times
- Nasty, as a remark - SNIDE, used 14 times
- Not so nasty - NICER, used 12 times
- Nasty-smelling - FETID, used 7 times
- Not as nasty - NICER, used 7 times
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