Sows' mates
The crossword clue "Sows' mates" is answered by BOARS, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BOARS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BOARS answer page.
Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BOARS
Every other clue in this collection answered by BOARS, most used first.
- Wild hogs - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Wild pigs - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Swine - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Male pigs - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Wild swine - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Tusked beasts - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Tusked animals - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Mamas' mates - PAPAS, used 26 times
- Does' mates - STAGS, used 17 times
- Stallions' mates - MARES, used 10 times
- Does' mates - HARTS, used 9 times
- Hinds' mates - HARTS, used 9 times
- What running mates do? - ELOPE, used 8 times
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