Clues for the word "HORNET"
We've had 57 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 107 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on September 22, 2025.
Definition of hornet
- n. - A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white-faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has similar habits.
Referring Clues
- Stinging wasp
- Big stinger
- Stinger
- The Green ___ (superhero played by Van Williams)
- 1970s American Motors car
- Big buzzer
- Paper nest builder
- Delaware State player
- New Orleans Arena player
- NBAer
- Yellow jacket's cousin
- Stinging insect
- It may be involved in a sting operation
- It stings
- New Orleans dunker
- "The Green ___" ('60s superhero TV show)
- Nest pest
- Charlotte hoopster
- New Orleans hoopster
- Social stinger
- Big wasp
- Pest from a nest
- Nasty stinger
- Wasp's kin
- Wasp type
- Certain wasp
- Charlotte pro
- Pest in a nest
- Wasp variety
- Nasty insect
- Large wasp
- Winged stinger or AMC auto
- Charlotte cager
- Aggressive insect
- Builder of a paperlike nest
- Builder of a paper nest
- Insect that builds a papery nest
- Unusual throne with six legs
- Insect
- 1 across topped otherwise by wasp
- It flies about throne
- "Doctor Thorne" has a sting in the tail
- Large stinging wasp
- Appendage on alien insect
- Watford player's unusual other name?
- Pest with a nest
- Member of the genus Vespa
- It flies North, perhaps, out East
- One flying north, perhaps, out East?
- Spectrum Center player
- Wasp
- Charlotte N.B.A. player
- Wasp relative
- Charlotte basketball player
- Wasp's cousin
- Yellowjacket kin
- Social wasp
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 22, 2025
- New York Times - August 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 05, 2025
- LA Times - July 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 11, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - April 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 19, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 13, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 09, 2025
- USA Today - December 15, 2024
- Daily American - December 02, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 22, 2024
- Daily American - November 05, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 04, 2024
- Daily American - July 04, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 29, 2024
- USA Today - September 24, 2023
- LA Times - September 04, 2023
- Family Time - July 31, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - July 10, 2023
- Daily Quick - June 29, 2023
- New York Times - June 29, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - April 28, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - April 19, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - April 07, 2023
- Daily Quick - February 09, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - January 09, 2023
- Daily American - December 02, 2022
- And in 77 more crossword puzzles...