Grain beard
The crossword clue "Grain beard" is answered by AWN, a 3-letter entry. Used 35 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
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3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AWN answer page.
Used 35 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 10 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 (4 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
- Barley beard - used 41 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Cereal grain - OAT, used 218 times
- Granola grain - OAT, used 117 times
- Cheerios grain - OAT, used 83 times
- Whiskey grain - RYE, used 31 times
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