Biblical beast of burden

The answer

ASS

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ASS answer page.

Used 19 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ASS

Every other clue in this collection answered by ASS, most used first.

• Donkey - used 440 times, most recently in 2026
• Beast of burden - used 289 times, most recently in 2026
• Braying beast - used 179 times, most recently in 2026
• Fool - used 156 times, most recently in 2025
• Burro - used 128 times, most recently in 2026
• Ninny - used 126 times, most recently in 2026
• Pack animal - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Cart puller - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Balaam's mount - used 76 times, most recently in 2022
• Jerk - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Nincompoop - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Dunderhead - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Blockhead - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Mule's father - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Pompous sort - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Dolt - used 45 times, most recently in 2020
• Total jerk - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Stubborn animal - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Balaam's beast - used 43 times, most recently in 2023
• Braying animal - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Biblical beast - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• Buffoon - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Onager - used 35 times, most recently in 2010
• Stubborn beast - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Pompous person - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Long-eared equine - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Mule's sire - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Wild equine - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Stubborn equine - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Doofus - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Biblical mount - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Dummkopf - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Hinny's mother - used 21 times, most recently in 2016
• Long-eared animal - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Nitwit - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Wagon puller - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Burdened beast - used 19 times, most recently in 2018
• Stubborn sort - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Balaam's rebuker - used 18 times, most recently in 2012
• Chucklehead - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
• Numbskull - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Real jerk - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Jack or jenny - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Long-eared beast - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Obstinate equine - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Bozo - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Silly one - used 15 times, most recently in 2010
• Stubborn one - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Barnyard brayer - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• Farm animal - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Hinny's kin - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Horse's cousin - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Pompous fool - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• Quadruped. - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Silly goose - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Long-eared beast of burden - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Mule's dad - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Beast - used 12 times, most recently in 1976
• Donkey's uncle - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Sancho Panza's mount - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Stupid one - used 12 times, most recently in 2003
• Zebra's cousin - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Big jerk - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Bubblehead - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Dray puller - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Obstinate beast - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Equine beast - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Obnoxious person - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Pompous one - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Simpleton - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• Sure-footed work animal - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• Foolish one - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Kiang. - used 9 times, most recently in 1991
• Knucklehead - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Lunkhead - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Aesop's thistle-eater - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• ___-backwards - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Balky beast - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Beast that brays - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Behind - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Brayer - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Complete jerk - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Horse cousin - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Horse relative - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Horse's kin - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Idiot - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Jenny - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Moron - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Palm Sunday mount - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Rude person - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Silly person - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• The law, to Mr. Bumble - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Utter fool - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Beck "Jack-___" - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Biblical jawbone source - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Booty - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Butt - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Cousin of a zebra - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Dunce - used 7 times, most recently in 1998
• Hee-hawing animal - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Horse kin - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Long-eared farm animal - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Longear. - used 7 times, most recently in 1965
• Nativity scene beast - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Numskull - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• The "A" in "WAP" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Zebra kin - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Biblical transport - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Chowderhead - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Donkey relative - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Fathead - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Foolish sort - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Imbecile - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Mule's parent - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Pack carrier - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Saddlebag carrier - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• "The ___ in the Lion's Skin" (Aesop fable) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Biblical boat - ARK, used 129 times
• Bearded beast - GNU, used 119 times
• Biblical verb ending - ETH, used 112 times
• Biblical verb suffix - ETH, used 61 times
• Biblical suffix - ETH, used 56 times
• Chest-beating beast - APE, used 44 times

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