Hound's trail
The crossword clue "Hound's trail" is answered by SCENT, a 5-letter entry. Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SCENT
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCENT answer page.
Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 9 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.
Other clues for SCENT
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCENT, most used first.
- Fragrance - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
- Aroma - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Perfume - used 55 times, most recently in 2024
- Bloodhound's clue - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Bloodhound's trail - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Bouquet - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Odor - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Smell - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Potpourri output - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Whiff - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Trail - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- "___ of a Woman" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Redolence - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
- Perfume feature - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Lavender or lilac - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Potpourri quality - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Bloodhound's guide - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Hound's clue - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
- "___ of a Woman" (Pacino film) - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Trail marker - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Bloodhound's forte - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
- Trail for a hound - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Snail trail - SLIME, used 34 times
- Animal trail - SPOOR, used 24 times
- On the trail of - AFTER, used 24 times
- Ski trail - PISTE, used 17 times
- Trail user - HIKER, used 14 times
- Snail's trail - SLIME, used 13 times
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