Perception

The answer

KEN

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KEN answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1967. 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.

• SENSE (17 uses in xd)
• INSIGHT (7 uses in xd)
• DEPTH (3 uses in xd)
• TACT (3 uses in xd)
• AWARENESS (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for KEN

Every other clue in this collection answered by KEN, most used first.

• Barbie's beau - used 133 times, most recently in 2026
• Understanding - used 112 times, most recently in 2025
• Documentarian Burns - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Author Kesey - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Barbie's boyfriend - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Barbie's companion - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Boxer Norton - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Writer Follett - used 45 times, most recently in 2024
• Range of knowledge - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Knowledge - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Boy toy? - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Cognizance - used 30 times, most recently in 2023
• He's a doll - used 29 times, most recently in 2021
• Jennings of "Jeopardy!" - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Writer Kesey - used 26 times, most recently in 2020
• Filmmaker Burns - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Barbie's guy - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• He's a real doll - used 19 times, most recently in 2014
• Mental perception - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Novelist Kesey - used 16 times, most recently in 2015
• Author Follett - used 14 times, most recently in 2015
• Burns of documentaries - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Documentary filmmaker Burns - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Actor Jeong - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Barbie's friend - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Grasp - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Mattel doll - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Range of vision - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
• Man's nickname - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "Community" actor Jeong - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Crazy Rich Asians" actor Jeong - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• He wears very little clothing - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Barbie's doll - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Baseball's Griffey - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Comprehension - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Doll introduced in 1961 - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Inception" actor Watanabe - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Jennings on "Jeopardy!" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Scope - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Trivia whiz Jennings - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Baseball's __ Griffey Jr. - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Boy doll - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• "Jeopardy!" champ Jennings - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Male doll - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Range of understanding - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Baseball Hall of Famer ___ Griffey Jr. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "Jeopardy!" juggernaut Jennings - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Purview - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• "The Hangover" actor Jeong - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Musical perception - EAR, used 6 times

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