Bird in a coop

The answer

HEN

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEN answer page.

Used 10 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2020. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for HEN

Every other clue in this collection answered by HEN, most used first.

• Female lobster - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• Egg layer - used 88 times, most recently in 2026
• Layer - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Rooster's mate - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• Biddy - used 77 times, most recently in 2016
• Coop dweller - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Farm female - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Egg producer - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Brood watcher - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Chick's mom - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Female chicken - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Barnyard bird - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Clucker - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• Female fowl - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Brooder - used 25 times, most recently in 2015
• Coop resident - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Egg warmer - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Farm layer - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Chick's mother - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Lady bird - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Lady lobster - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
• Fowl. - used 20 times, most recently in 2001
• Barnyard cackler - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Coop occupant - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Female bird - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Female turkey - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Layer of eggs - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Mother clucker - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Coop denizen - used 16 times, most recently in 2014
• Egg-laying bird - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Egg source - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
• Female pheasant - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Pullet. - used 16 times, most recently in 2011
• Brooding sort? - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Cornish game ___ - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Fox's prey - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Barnyard layer - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Coop layer - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• Female octopus - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Mother ___ - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Barnyard clucker - used 12 times, most recently in 2017
• Brood tender - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Kind of party - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Queen of the coop - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• She may feel cooped up - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Cooped-up female? - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Fowl female - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Rooster's partner - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• She lays around the farm - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• Barnyard brooder - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Coop female - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Farm clucker - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Brooding bird - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Cackler - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Clutch producer - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Coop brooder - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Clucking bird - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Old biddy - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• One with a nest egg - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Poulard - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Egg manufacturer - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Laying bird - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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