Ear covering
The crossword clue "Ear covering" is answered by HUSK, a 4-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HUSK
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HUSK answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1983. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for HUSK
Every other clue in this collection answered by HUSK, most used first.
- Corn covering - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Corn cover - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Tamale wrapper - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Coat for corn - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Shuck - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- Seed covering - ARIL, used 316 times
- Of the ear - OTIC, used 167 times
- Ear-related - OTIC, used 144 times
- Ear part - LOBE, used 117 times
- Part of the ear - LOBE, used 61 times
- Waterproof covering - TARP, used 60 times
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