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HYENA is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for HYENA.

82 total results for HYENA   ( score: 50 )

35 results for HYENA from Shortz Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Shortz Era occurrences).
DateGridClueAuthor
Sun Oct 23, 202226AAfrican animal that may be spotted or stripedDaniel Bodily and Jeff Chen
Fri May 20, 202260ACousin of an aardwolf (2)Hal Moore
Wed Oct 27, 202153D"Laughing" scavenger (2)Johanna Fenimore
Sun Jan 7, 201831ACaninelike animal more closely related to a cat than a dogDavid Steinberg
Mon Aug 14, 201750D"Laughing" animal (4)Rich Proulx
Mon Aug 29, 201669AEvil animal in "The Lion King"David Steinberg
Sat May 23, 20151DMember of a denPeter Wentz
Sun May 10, 201557DCousin of an aardwolf (2)Jacob Stulberg
Wed Nov 12, 201466ASerengeti scavenger (3)Daniel Landman
Sun Aug 3, 201465DPack memberIan Livengood
Mon Jun 9, 201427D"Laughing" animal (4)Tom McCoy
Tue Jun 3, 201416ASerengeti scavenger (3)Susan Gelfand
Wed Mar 19, 201446ACarnivore that both hunts and scavengesSamuel A. Donaldson
Sun Feb 16, 201493DSpotted scavengerYaakov Bendavid
Fri May 24, 201316ALaughing ___ (2)Joe Krozel
Thu Nov 15, 201246AAnimal in "The Lion King"Andrew Reynolds
Tue Sep 4, 201250DStriped scavengerBarry Franklin and Sara Kaplan
Tue Apr 17, 201270A"Laughing" creatureMilo Beckman
Mon Sep 5, 201155A"Laughing" animal (4)Patrick Merrell
Thu Aug 5, 201033DCoyote relativeGary J. Whitehead
Wed Jul 7, 201026DRelative of an aardwolfWill Nediger
Tue Oct 27, 200951DCarrion consumerChuck Deodene
Sun Jul 13, 200831AAnimal more closely related to the mongoose than the dogMatt Ginsberg
Thu Feb 7, 200825DVillainous one in "The Lion King"Kenneth J. Berniker
Tue May 1, 200753D"Laughing" scavenger (2)Courtenay Crocker and Nancy Salomon
Thu Jan 25, 20071DHowlerManny Nosowsky
Sat Jul 1, 20064DOne carrying off carrionJim Page
Sat Aug 28, 200423AOne may carry off carrionDana Motley
Tue Jan 22, 200271ASerengeti scavenger (3)Richard Chisholm
Sun Oct 4, 1998104DSpotted ___Frank Longo
Mon Oct 27, 19974DLaughing ___ (2)Mark Gottlieb
Wed May 21, 199745DOne raising a howl?John D. Leavy
Mon Dec 23, 199632D"Laughing" animal (4)S. J. Walther
Sun Mar 31, 19964DLaughing oneJ. Savage
Wed Jan 12, 199443ALaugher?Fred Piscop
4 results for HYENA from Variety puzzles:
DateTypeGridClueAuthor
Jul 26, 2020Panda5DHey, an African animal!Sam Ezersky
Aug 28, 2016Cryptic8DNoted laugher's laugh about desire (5)Daniel Raymon
Mar 17, 2013Diagramless49DSerengeti scavengerFred Piscop
Aug 1, 2004Diagramless11DCackling creatureBrendan Emmett Quigley
43 results for HYENA from pre-Shortz puzzles:
DateGridClueAuthorEditor
Mon Mar 2, 199236DAfrican carnivoreJoy L. WoukMaleska
Mon Jan 28, 199152DNocturnal carnivoreEvelyn BenshoofMaleska
Tue Sep 11, 199049DAardwolf look-alikeLois SidwayMaleska
Mon Feb 19, 199044AWolflike animalAlbert J. KlausMaleska
Sat Feb 17, 199021ADoglike creatureS. E. WilkinsonMaleska
Mon Apr 24, 19894DDoglike carnivoreNorma SteinbergMaleska
Sun Aug 16, 198799DWolflike carrion eaterJoy L. WoukMaleska
Sun Feb 1, 198773DCapp's LenaFrances HansenMaleska
Fri Nov 28, 198626ASerengeti scavengerBert RosenfieldMaleska
Wed Jan 11, 198431DWolflike animalAlbert J. KlausMaleska
Tue Jun 28, 198343ACapp's LenaLouis SabinMaleska
Thu Nov 25, 198248DLaughing oneI. Judah KoolykMaleska
Sun Sep 26, 198254DBestial laugherWilliam H. FordMaleska
Wed Dec 12, 19798DAl Capp's Lena the ___Hugh McElroyMaleska
Thu Sep 1, 197739ALaugher of sortsA. J. SantoraMaleska
Mon Oct 25, 197643AZoo denizenBert BeamanWeng
Wed Oct 13, 197651DSneaky animalDeWitt AndersonWeng
Thu Jun 6, 197415ACarrion eaterJim PlacknerWeng
Thu Dec 6, 197342DThick-necked animalUnknownWeng
Sun Oct 28, 197342ACarrion-eating mammalDiana SessionsWeng
Thu Nov 18, 197128DCarrion eaterUnknownWeng
Mon Mar 2, 197066AZoo dwellerLouise EarnestWeng
Fri Jan 2, 197048DAnimalUnknownWeng
Fri Nov 7, 196920AZoo attraction.UnknownWeng
Sun Nov 17, 196857AVocally shrill animalBarbara GolubFarrar
Sun Mar 17, 1968155ALaughing ___.Anne FoxFarrar
Thu Dec 21, 196731DZoo denizen.UnknownFarrar
Sun Dec 10, 1967113AWolflike animal.A. J. SantoraFarrar
Sat Jul 31, 196524DAnimal.Nancy SchusterFarrar
Sun Feb 14, 196584ATasmanian wolf.Anne FoxFarrar
Wed Dec 9, 196418DCarnivorous mammal.UnknownFarrar
Thu Jan 31, 196351DWolflike animal.Jan and Mike DubinFarrar
Mon Apr 9, 196220DWolflike animal.James E. Hinish, Jr.Farrar
Thu Nov 17, 196050DCarnivorous mammal.UnknownFarrar
Wed Oct 5, 196034DWolflike animal.UnknownFarrar
Thu Jul 14, 19602DWolflike animal.UnknownFarrar
Tue Nov 19, 195762AWolflike animal.UnknownFarrar
Sun Oct 27, 1957125ACowardly mammal.Herbert EttensonFarrar
Mon Jan 3, 195515AWolflike animal.Fred C. JaschobFarrar
Tue Sep 21, 19545DCowardly animal.Eugene T. MaleskaFarrar
Thu Apr 12, 195143DCowardly animal having an odd cry.UnknownFarrar
Sun Dec 17, 1950106AUgly animal.Ralph AndersonFarrar
Sun Apr 26, 1942103ACarnivorous animal.A. A. WebsterFarrar
Anagrams:AYHEN, HAYNE, HANEY