African scavenger
The crossword clue "African scavenger" is answered by HYENA, a 5-letter entry. Used 25 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
HYENA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HYENA answer page.
Used 25 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HYENA
Every other clue in this collection answered by HYENA, most used first.
- "Laughing" animal - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- "Laughing" scavenger - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Serengeti scavenger - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- "Laughing" African beast - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- African antelope - ELAND, used 189 times
- African language group - BANTU, used 78 times
- North African capital - TUNIS, used 55 times
- African antelope - ORIBI, used 53 times
- African lilies - ALOES, used 39 times
- African capital - CAIRO, used 35 times
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