Sea ___ (stinging creature) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Sea ___ (stinging creature) . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is NETTLE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NETTLE Sea ___ (stinging creature) (6)
8% SMARTS Stings (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 16, 2025
8% URCHIN Sea ___ (spiky creature) (6)
8% BLUEBOTTLE Stinging marine creature (10) (10)
8% JELLYFISH Sea creature that stings (9) Newsday Apr 27, 2021
8% ANEMONES Stinging sea creatures (8)
7% BEASTS Creatures (6) The Telegraph Quick Oct 28, 2025
7% NETTLES Stinging plants (7) New York Times Oct 26, 2025
7% WASP Stinging insect (4) Puzzler Backwords Oct 25, 2025
7% MER Prefix with "maid" or "man" to mean a mythical sea creature (3)
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