Muscular dog
The crossword clue "Muscular dog" is answered by AKITA, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AKITA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AKITA answer page.
Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DOBERMAN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for AKITA
Every other clue in this collection answered by AKITA, most used first.
- Japanese dog - used 108 times, most recently in 2026
- Japanese dog breed - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Curly-tailed dog - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Curly-tailed Japanese dog - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Japanese canine - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Muscular Japanese dog - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Japanese breed - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Watchdog breed - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Dog from Japan - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Powerful Japanese dog - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Tough watchdog - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
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.
- Welsh dog - CORGI, used 70 times
- The Jetsons' dog - ASTRO, used 63 times
- Disney dog - PLUTO, used 43 times
- Muscular power - SINEW, used 43 times
- Dog collar attachment - IDTAG, used 41 times
- Muscular strength - SINEW, used 39 times
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