Chicken ___ king
The crossword clue "Chicken ___ king" is answered by ALA, a 3-letter entry. Used 279 times across 40 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 37 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
ALA
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALA answer page.
Used 279 times across 40 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 37 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- PERDUE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ALA
Every other clue in this pilot answered by ALA, most used first.
- In the style of - used 784 times, most recently in 2026
- Pie ___ mode - used 424 times, most recently in 2026
- In the manner of - used 367 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ carte - used 294 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ mode - used 149 times, most recently in 2026
- Carte lead-in - used 139 times, most recently in 2026
- Copying - used 130 times, most recently in 2026
- Menu phrase - used 120 times, most recently in 2026
- Imitating - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
- Taking after - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- ___ King Cole - NAT, used 226 times
- Kung ___ chicken - PAO, used 125 times
- Spanish king - REY, used 95 times
- King Kong, for one - APE, used 93 times
- King of France - ROI, used 86 times
- Egyptian boy king - TUT, used 76 times
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