Clues for the word "HUSK"
We've had 40 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 76 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on February 12, 2026.
Definition of husk
- n. - The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.
- n. - The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
- v. t. - To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.
Referring Clues
- Ear flap?
- Corn covering
- Outer coconut layer
- Ear covering
- Ear flaps?
- Tamale wrapper
- Dry covering
- Shell
- Outer coconut layer, e.g.
- Corn residue
- Corn peel
- Corn coating
- Coat for corn
- Prepare for cooking, as corn
- Outer covering
- Strip, as corn
- Natural wrap enclosing the answer at 42-Across
- Corn cover
- Peanut shell
- Chaff
- Shuck
- Ear protection?
- Dry thin covering
- Seed case
- Chestnut coat
- Seed outer coating
- Corn ear covering
- Covering of a corn ear
- Corn's coat
- Corn throwaway
- Cover for an ear
- Ear cover
- Corny coat?
- Corny coat
- Tamal wrapper
- Corn wrapper
- Dry shell
- Outer ear?
- Ear protection?
- Wrapper for a tamale
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - February 12, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 15, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 05, 2026
- Your Life Choices - November 05, 2025
- New York Times - September 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 28, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 03, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 02, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - September 30, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - September 10, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - August 23, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - August 03, 2024
- New York Times - June 28, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - May 08, 2024
- Your Life Choices - January 16, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - November 26, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - October 11, 2023
- LA Times - September 16, 2023
- New York Times - July 01, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - June 03, 2023
- Your Life Choices - May 17, 2023
- LA Times - May 02, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - April 20, 2023
- USA Today - April 15, 2023
- USA Today - January 21, 2023
- Your Life Choices - December 03, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 16, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 13, 2022
- LA Times - July 15, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - October 29, 2017
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