Worm
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

WOOD
A golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard"

GRUB
Informal terms for a meal

5 letters

CRAWL
A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"

TWIST
Twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"

LOUSE
Wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds

6 letters

WRITHE
To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

SQUIRM
The act of wiggling

INSECT
Small air-breathing arthropod

MAGGOT
The larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter

7 letters

WRESTLE
The act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling with the bully"

WRIGGLE
The act of wiggling

8 letters

NEMATODE
Unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic

DIRTBALL
A person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

WRIGGLER
Larva of a mosquito

11 letters

CATERPILLAR
A wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

12 letters

INVERTEBRATE
Any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification