Scent-detecting organs
The crossword clue "Scent-detecting organs" is answered by NOSES, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2021. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NOSES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOSES answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2021. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NOSES
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOSES, most used first.
- Snouts - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Odor detectors - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Schnozzes - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Attendance count - used 21 times, most recently in 2022
- They smell - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Snoops (around) - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Pokes (around) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Facial features - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Plane parts - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Smoke detectors? - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Sniffers - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Pries - used 8 times, most recently in 2003
- Snoots - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Beaks - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Carrots, for snowmen - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Count ___. - used 7 times, most recently in 1986
- Honkers - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Pries (into) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Scent detectors - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Snoops - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
- They may be counted - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- __ around (snoops) - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Circus clown's collection - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Proboscises - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Rhinoplasty targets - used 6 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.
- Scent - AROMA, used 153 times
- Pleasant scent - AROMA, used 59 times
- Sachet scent - LILAC, used 25 times
- Cleaner scent - LEMON, used 20 times
- Air freshener scent - LILAC, used 16 times
- Detecting device - RADAR, used 15 times
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