Nine-headed serpent
The crossword clue "Nine-headed serpent" is answered by HYDRA, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HYDRA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HYDRA answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HYDRA
Every other clue in this collection answered by HYDRA, most used first.
- Many-headed monster - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Monster slain by Hercules - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Many-headed monster of myth - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Victim of Hercules - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
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.
- Put on cloud nine - ELATE, used 47 times
- Send to cloud nine - ELATE, used 44 times
- Nine: Prefix - ENNEA, used 27 times
- Group of nine - NONET, used 24 times
- Empty-headed - INANE, used 23 times
- Nine: Comb. form - ENNEA, used 23 times
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