Clues for the word "BOTS"
We've had 45 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 43 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on January 14, 2026.
Definition of bots
- n. pl. - The larvae of several species of botfly, especially those larvae which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are supposed to be the cause of various ailments.
Referring Clues
- Nonhuman co-hosts of TV's "Mystery Science Theater 3000"
- Droids
- Computerized video-game opponents
- Mechanical men, for short
- Automatons, for short
- Automatons, familiarly
- Mechanical men, briefly
- Androids
- Internet prowlers
- Some spam senders
- Automatons
- Some modern viruses and worms
- Web crawlers
- Web crawlers, e.g.
- High-tech workers
- Computer-controlled players, in gaming lingo
- Automated programs
- Web-crawling software
- Many spam senders
- Automated systems
- Automated-task performers
- Internet crawlers
- Droids and such
- Some spammers
- Chatroom spammers
- Fake Twitter followers
- Sources of much spam
- Spam spewers
- Spammers, often
- Droids, for example
- Automated video game opponents
- Programs that may send spam
- Automated Twitter posters
- Automated social media accounts
- Some Twitter trolls
- Automated blog posters
- Nonhumans that quickly buy up concert tickets
- Fake online followers
- They post spam online
- Nonhuman opponents
- Some imitative software
- Amazon nuisances
- CAPTCHA blockees
- Automatons, informally
- Most online customer service agents nowadays
Last Seen In
- New York Times - January 14, 2026
- New York Times - December 28, 2025
- New York Times - November 11, 2025
- New York Times - October 27, 2025
- New York Times - February 21, 2025
- LA Times - January 15, 2025
- USA Today - December 28, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 06, 2024
- New York Times - June 24, 2024
- USA Today - June 13, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 30, 2024
- New York Times - March 02, 2024
- LA Times - February 10, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 17, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 20, 2022
- USA Today - October 02, 2022
- LA Times - June 25, 2022
- Wall Street Journal - December 07, 2017
- Netword - November 05, 2017
- Universal - October 28, 2017
- Universal - September 12, 2017
- New York Times - March 19, 2017
- USA Today - November 07, 2016
- LA Times - September 11, 2016
- New York Times - October 20, 2015
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 22, 2015
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - September 11, 2015
- LA Times - June 07, 2015
- Universal - October 04, 2014
- New York Times - May 15, 2014
- And in 13 more crossword puzzles...