Laughing ___
The crossword clue "Laughing ___" is answered by HYENA, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HYENA
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HYENA answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1968. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- RIDENT (2 uses in xd)
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
- African scavenger - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Serengeti scavenger - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- "Laughing" African beast - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- "Laughing" beast - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
- Doglike scavenger - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- "Laughing" critter - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
- Laughing carnivore - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Cackling carnivore - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Villain in "The Lion King" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Wolflike animal. - used 9 times, most recently in 1990
- Zoo howler - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- African carnivore - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Carrion eater - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- "Laughing" predator - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Carnivorous cackler - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Doglike carnivore - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Aardwolf's cousin - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- "Laughing" mammal - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Risible beast - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Shenzi, Banzai or Ed, in "The Lion King" - used 6 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.
- Laughing - RIANT, used 115 times
- Nitrous ___ (laughing gas) - OXIDE, used 39 times
- Laughing sounds - HAHAS, used 8 times
- Laughing syllables - HAHAS, used 6 times
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