Clues for the word "PREEN"
We've had 139 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 402 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on January 11, 2026.
Definition of preen
- n. - A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.
- n. - To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds.
- n. - To trim up, as trees.
Referring Clues
- Primp
- Exhibit vanity
- Groom carefully
- Get gussied up
- Dress up
- Comb and comb and comb
- Spruce up
- Be exultant
- Fix just right
- Fuss with feathers
- Fuss over oneself
- Groom
- Fuss, in a way
- Get smart
- Obsess over one's dress
- Fix feathers
- Dress smartly
- Use the beak on
- Dress with care
- Fuss over feathers
- Admire oneself
- Beautify with the beak
- Monopolize the mirror
- Obsess in front of the mirror
- Act the fop
- Dress nattily
- Work on one's coat
- Fuss in front of a mirror
- Groom, bird-style
- Trim, as feathers
- Clean one's feathers
- Act like a peacock
- Emulate a peacock
- Gussy up
- Unruffle one's feathers
- Fuss at the mirror
- Smooth with the beak, as feathers
- Fuss over one's feathers
- Groom with elaborate care
- Dress with elaborate care
- Dress up fussily
- Be a dandy
- Clean with a bill
- Spruce oneself up
- Parakeets do it
- Peacocks do it
- Pose proudly
- Groom with care
- Hog the mirror
- Fluff feathers
- Dress carefully
- Doll up
- Birds do it
- Birds do it
- Get ready for the prom, say
- Fuss in front of the mirror
- Overuse the mirror
- Use the mirror
- Groom fastidiously
- Get all prettied up
- Fuss at a mirror
- Strut with pride
- Act the coxcomb
- Clean, bird-style
- Do some extra grooming
- Get gussied up fussily
- Engage in excessive self-reflection?
- Make oneself sleek
- Admire yourself in the mirror
- Dress fussily
- Congratulate oneself for achievement
- Clean feathers with the tongue
- Smooth, as feathers
- Fuss over appearances
- Clean with one's bill
- Arrange feathers
- Copy a peacock
- Smooth one's feathers
- Hog the mirror, maybe
- Groom with a bill
- Get duded up
- Emulate a popinjay
- Tidy oneself
- Groom oneself
- Fuss over one's attire
- Groom excessively
- Gloat
- Clean feathers
- Groom about to enter enclosure
- Writer holds note for groom
- Get grooming
- Bird's tidy up? No, down!
- Groom elaborately
- What the smarter birds do a lot?
- Smooth and clean before rear wiped in conclusion
- Titivate oneself
- Clean down
- Swan circles about to tidy her feathers
- Make like a peacock
- Groom (oneself) with evident vanity
- Groom, before reaching conclusion, not reaching conclusion
- Slick rep's unusual name
- Put down in the correct order
- Groom for a long time
- Clean the feathers
- What diver may do with bill, on cutting pound
- Groom feathers
- Tidy up? No, down!
- Array (oneself) carefully
- Groom about to be put in prison
- Fancify oneself
- Be a mirror hog
- Show vanity, in a way
- Groom quiet about knight pinching bride's bottom
- Get spruced up
- Get all gussied up
- Dress to impress
- Titivate
- Make the most of one's fine feathers
- Prink
- Beautify with one's beak
- Fuss over one's appearance
- Get one's hair just right
- Strut one's stuff
- Dress feathers
- Hog the mirror, say
- Dress down
- Hog the mirror, perhaps
- Clean with a bird bill
- What a bird may do when about to be put in prison?
- Spend a lot of time in front of the mirror, say
- Do some grooming again when in the coop
- Take a long look in the mirror?
- What the smarter birds do a lot?
- Fuss in the mirror
- Tidy one's feathers
- Trim with a beak
- Display self-satisfaction
- Show off in the mirror
Last Seen In
- LA Times - January 11, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 10, 2026
- LA Times - January 02, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - December 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 09, 2025
- LA Times - December 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 22, 2025
- Daily American - September 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - September 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 19, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 07, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 17, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 06, 2025
- Daily American - May 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 26, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - March 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 26, 2025
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