Rooster's mate
The crossword clue "Rooster's mate" is answered by HEN, a 3-letter entry. Used 78 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 15 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
HEN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HEN answer page.
Used 78 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 15 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 pilot answered by HEN, most used first.
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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.
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