Female pheasant

The answer

HEN

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

Used 16 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 7 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.

• PEAHEN (8 uses in xd)

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
• 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
• Bird in a coop - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• 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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