Hen
The crossword clue "Hen" is answered by LAYER, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
LAYER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LAYER answer page.
Used 21 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 5 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.
- FRIER (1 uses in xd)
- GIRLIEBIRD (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for LAYER
Every other clue in this collection answered by LAYER, most used first.
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- Kind of cake - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
- Cake section - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Cake part - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Piece of cake? - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Cake unit - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Cake feature - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Ply - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Seven-__ cake - used 7 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.
- Hen - BIDDY, used 19 times
- ___ a wet hen - MADAS, used 14 times
- Mad as a wet hen - IRATE, used 13 times
- Comparable to a wet hen - ASMAD, used 11 times
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