Hotbeds
The crossword clue "Hotbeds" is answered by NESTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NESTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NESTS answer page.
Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1964. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for NESTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by NESTS, most used first.
- High homes - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Tree houses - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Birds' homes - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Egg holders - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Retreats. - used 29 times, most recently in 1998
- Aeries - used 27 times, most recently in 2008
- Bird abodes - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
- Egg containers - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Hatchlings' homes - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Cozy places - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Homes in trees - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Hornets' homes - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- They're for the birds - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
- Bird homes - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Settles in - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Comfy spots - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Homes for hatchlings - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Hornet homes - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Fits snugly - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Bird houses - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Cozy spots - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Wasps' homes - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Avian abodes - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Branch headquarters? - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Homes made of twigs - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Sparrows' homes - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Cozy retreats - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Digs of twigs - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
- Homes in the sticks? - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Cozy homes - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Crows' homes - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Robins' homes - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Snug retreats - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Birds' abodes - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Digs made of twigs - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Hatchling homes - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Homes for hawks - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Makes a home - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Puts one within another - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
- Snuggeries - used 7 times, most recently in 1995
- Twiggy abodes - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Aeries, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Hatching posts - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Hideaways - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- Rookery structures - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Snug abodes. - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
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- Nary a soul - NOONE, used 293 times
- ___ Dame - NOTRE, used 291 times
- Wanderer - NOMAD, used 266 times
- Twangy - NASAL, used 206 times
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