Animal shelters
The crossword clue "Animal shelters" is answered by DENS, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DENS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DENS answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 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.
- POUNDS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DENS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DENS, most used first.
- Lairs - used 105 times, most recently in 2026
- Family rooms - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Bears' lairs - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Retreats - used 63 times, most recently in 2025
- Cub Scout groups - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Cozy rooms - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- TV rooms - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Lairs for bears - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Studies - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
- Cub Scout units - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Hideaways - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Lions' lairs - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Scout groups - used 19 times, most recently in 2019
- Rooms. - used 18 times, most recently in 1976
- Bears' homes - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Cubby holes? - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Lions' homes - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Cozy retreats - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Hideouts - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Bear necessities? - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Homes for bears - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Man caves - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Comfy rooms - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Haunts - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
- Book-lined rooms, perhaps - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Caves - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Hibernation locations - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Reading rooms - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Rooms to relax in - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Animal abodes - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Animal lairs - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Burrows - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Cozy places - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Cubs' homes - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Fox holes - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Home studies? - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Iniquitous places - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
- Places of iniquity - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Places to hibernate - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Snuggeries. - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Thieves' hangouts - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Carnivore dwellings - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Cozy spots - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Iniquity locales - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
- Rec rooms - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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