Zoo howler
The crossword clue "Zoo howler" is answered by HYENA, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2004. 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 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 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
- 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
- African carnivore - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Carrion eater - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Laughing ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- "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.
- "The Zoo Story" playwright - ALBEE, used 42 times
- Zoo heavyweight - RHINO, used 23 times
- Howler. - BONER, used 10 times
- Zoo attraction - PANDA, used 10 times
- Zoo enclosures - CAGES, used 10 times
- Zoo heavyweight - HIPPO, used 10 times
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