She ain't what she used to be

The answer

MARE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MARE answer page.

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2009; first recorded in 1978. 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.

• OLDGRAYMARE (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for MARE

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

• Female horse - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Stallion's mate - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
• Foal's mother - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Colt's mother - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Stable mother - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Lunar plain - used 31 times, most recently in 2021
• Female zebra - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Filly's mother - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Former filly - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Stable female - used 23 times, most recently in 2020
• Stable parent - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Farm female - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Foal's mom - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Actress Winningham - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Mule's mother - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Filly's mom - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ nostrum - used 15 times, most recently in 2005
• Horse - used 14 times, most recently in 1996
• Mule's mom - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Colt carrier - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Equine. - used 11 times, most recently in 1968
• Farmyard female - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Stable mate - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Stable mom - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Adult filly - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Lunar "sea" - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Colt's mom - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Dam - used 8 times, most recently in 1997
• Paddock parent - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Sea: Lat. - used 8 times, most recently in 1974
• Female equine - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Full-grown filly - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Fully grown filly - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Grown-up filly - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Oats eater - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Zebra's mother - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Dark area on the moon - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Moon feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Stable dweller - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Stable occupant - used 6 times, most recently in 2009

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.

• "What ___ is new?" - ELSE, used 224 times
• "So what ___ is new?" - ELSE, used 221 times
• Used to be - WERE, used 162 times
• "___ she blows!" - THAR, used 142 times
• "What ___ can I say?" - ELSE, used 116 times
• "Look what I did!" - TADA, used 103 times

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