Corn spike
The crossword clue "Corn spike" is answered by EAR, a 3-letter entry. Used 126 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
EAR
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EAR answer page.
Used 126 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EAR
Every other clue in this pilot answered by EAR, most used first.
- Corn unit - used 258 times, most recently in 2026
- Corn serving - used 205 times, most recently in 2026
- Listener - used 152 times, most recently in 2026
- Attention - used 145 times, most recently in 2026
- Hearing organ - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
- Musical ability - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Director Spike - LEE, used 207 times
- Corn core - COB, used 113 times
- Corn on the ___ - COB, used 82 times
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