Zen riddle
The crossword clue "Zen riddle" is answered by KOAN, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
KOAN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the KOAN answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for KOAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by KOAN, most used first.
- Zen paradox - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Zen question - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Answer to the riddle "What cheese is made backward?" - EDAM, used 13 times
- Zen garden tool - RAKE, used 13 times
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