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Word entry · 3 letters

hen

Best crossword clue

"Barnyard egg layer"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /hɛn/Part of speech nounSorted ehnStarts with HEnds with N8 cluesCommon crossword word
1H2E3N

Definitions

  1. female of certain aquatic animals e.g.

  2. octopus or lobster

Word origin

From Middle English hen, from Old English henn (“hen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hannju, from Proto-Germanic *hanjō (“hen”), from Proto-Indo-European *kan-, *kana- (“to sing”).

Used in a sentence

  • In Tain, north of Inverness, staff detected 11 males and at least seven hens – the highest number there since 2011.
  • Hen, a woman. A cock and hen club; a club composed of men and women.
  • Don't cry, hen. Everything will be all right.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer8 curated clues

01Barnyard egg layer3 letters
02Coop egg layer3 letters
03Egg-layer3 letters
04Egg-laying bird3 letters
05Egg-laying farm bird3 letters
06Female barnyard bird3 letters
07Laying bird3 letters
08Female chicken3 letters

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