Shed, as feathers
The crossword clue "Shed, as feathers" is answered by MOLT, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
MOLT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOLT answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1980. It appears in 8 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.
- MOLTED (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for MOLT
Every other clue in this collection answered by MOLT, most used first.
- Shed - used 77 times, most recently in 2025
- Shed feathers - used 53 times, most recently in 2025
- Lose feathers - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Drop down? - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Shed skin - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Birds and snakes do it - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Drop feathers - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Shed one's skin - 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.
- Shed tears - WEEP, used 54 times
- Shed tears - WEPT, used 24 times
- It has feathers and flies - DART, used 14 times
- ___ and feathers - TARS, used 13 times
- Shed item - TEAR, used 13 times
- Ruffle some feathers - RILE, used 10 times
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