Brooding sort — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the January 7 2026 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
HEN
3 letters
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Where this clue appears
January 7 2026
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword January 7 2026
HEN
Female farm fowl
HEN
3
Rooster's mate
HEN
3
Rooster's lady
HEN
3
Female chicken
HEN
3
Chicken Littles mom, eg
HEN
3
Clucking poultry bird
HEN
3
Farm clucker
HEN
3
Egg layer in the coop
HEN
3
Bernice the ___, barnyard bird whose "lucky" feathers seemingly powered Popeye before he started eating spinach in the comics
HEN
3
Cornish game ___
HEN
3
Coop dweller
HEN
3
Coop female
HEN
3
Soaked in water, like a towel
WET
3
Chapel bench
PEW
3
Graduation ceremony headwear
CAP
3
Spooky-sounding Great Lake
ERIE
4
Hawaiian flower necklace
LEI
3
Scrabble piece
TILE
4
Sport where you can hit a home run
BASEBALL
8
Staircase unit
STEP
4
Actress Dennings from "2 Broke Girls"
KAT
3
Rolls-___ (luxury car maker)
ROYCE
5
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