They peck at their food
The crossword clue "They peck at their food" is answered by HENS, a 4-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1993. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
HENS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HENS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1993. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HENS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HENS, most used first.
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- Layers - used 47 times, most recently in 2022
- Female lobsters - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Biddies - used 27 times, most recently in 2015
- Cluckers - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Egg producers - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Barnyard birds - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Fowl. - used 22 times, most recently in 2003
- Coop residents - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
- Roosters' mates - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Barnyard cacklers - used 16 times, most recently in 2021
- Female birds - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Cacklers - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Chick tenders - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Mother cluckers - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Pullets. - used 12 times, most recently in 2006
- Coop dwellers - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Female chickens - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Poultry. - used 11 times, most recently in 1972
- Farm layers - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Group in a coop - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Brood overseers - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Brooding sorts - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Egg-laying birds - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Female turkeys - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Barnyard cluckers - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Barnyard layers - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Brooding birds - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Brooding bunch - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Coop layers - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Layers in the barnyard - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Some turkeys - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- They lay around the farm - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
Related clues
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- Food fish - SHAD, used 86 times
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- Pet food brand - IAMS, used 76 times
- Folded food - TACO, used 68 times
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