Like a sheep
The crossword clue "Like a sheep" is answered by OVINE, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OVINE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OVINE answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 7 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.
- WOOLY (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for OVINE
Every other clue in this collection answered by OVINE, most used first.
- Sheeplike - used 193 times, most recently in 2026
- Sheepish? - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Like lambs - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Just like ewe? - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Like sheep - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Sheep-related - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Of sheep - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Like lambs and rams - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Sheep-ish? - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Like a lamb - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Like bighorns - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Like Bo-Peep's charges - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Like Bo Peep's flock - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Like mutton - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Like mutton or sheep - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Pertaining to sheep - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Like a merino - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Like Bo-Peep's herd - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- That's just like ewe - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Lamblike - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Like ewe? - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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.
- Like some seals - EARED, used 89 times
- "As You Like It" forest - ARDEN, used 79 times
- Like Cheerios - OATEN, used 79 times
- Like draft beer - ONTAP, used 74 times
- Like a lot - ADORE, used 72 times
- Move like a crab - SIDLE, used 71 times
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