Barley beard
The crossword clue "Barley beard" is answered by AWN, a 3-letter entry. Used 41 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
AWN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AWN answer page.
Used 41 times across 32 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 7 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.
- ARISTA (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for AWN
Every other clue in this collection answered by AWN, most used first.
- Barley bristle - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Plant bristle - used 43 times, most recently in 2025
- Grain beard - used 35 times, most recently in 2019
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