Hounds' prey
The crossword clue "Hounds' prey" is answered by HARES, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HARES
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Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for HARES
Every other clue in this collection answered by HARES, most used first.
- Rabbit relatives - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Long-eared hoppers - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Fast runners - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Rabbits' kin - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
- Long-eared leapers - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Rabbits' relatives - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Jackrabbits - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
- Hounds' quarries - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Relatives of rabbits - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Rodents. - used 9 times, most recently in 1970
- Leporine leapers - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Long-eared animals - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Runs swiftly. - used 8 times, most recently in 1969
- Lagomorphs - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Leverets - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- Long-eared critters - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Rabbits' cousins - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Some bounders - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Bird of prey - EAGLE, used 39 times
- Ladybug's prey - APHID, used 29 times
- Search for prey - PROWL, used 15 times
- Baby bird of prey - OWLET, used 11 times
- Prey grabber - TALON, used 10 times
- Birds of prey - HAWKS, used 8 times
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