5-Letter Word for Lion (Crossword Answers)

Looking for a 5-letter word for “lion”? Here are the most likely crossword answers based on real puzzle data, including frequency and recent appearances.

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Showing 20 crossword answers for “lion” (5 letters)

  • Seen 6 times
    5 lettersdownNYT MiniLast seen 09 Mar 2025
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    • Mountain lions
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    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 04 Feb 2026
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    • Any of Scar's underlings in "The Lion King"
    • Villainous animal in "The Lion King"
    • Evil hench-animal in "The Lion King"
  • Seen 5 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 01 Dec 2025
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    • Narnian talking lion
    • Narnia lion
    • Lion in "The Chronicles of Narnia"
  • Seen 4 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 24 Mar 2025
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    • Rap's ___ Thee Stallion
    • Hip-hop's ___ Thee Stallion
    • Rapper ___ Thee Stallion
  • Seen 4 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 17 Feb 2023
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    • Heracles killed its eponymous lion
    • Site of a mythical lion slaying
    • Ancient home of a mythical lion
  • Seen 3 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 15 Feb 2026
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    • Singer whose "Hello" was the fastest video ever to reach 1 billion views on YouTube
    • British singer whose "Carpool Karaoke" video has over 250 million views on YouTube
    • Artist behind the best-selling album of the 21st century (30+ million units)
  • Seen 3 times
    5 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 03 Jun 2024
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    • Soccer star Lionel
    • Soccer's Lionel ___
    • Lionel ___, new star for Inter Miami
  • Seen 3 times
    5 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 24 Nov 2023
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    • Like Mufasa, but not Nala, in "The Lion King"
    • Like a lion, but not a lioness
    • Like zebras and lions
  • Seen 3 times
    5 lettersdownNYT MiniLast seen 03 Sept 2023
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    • It's found 93 million miles from the sun
    • Home to over seven billion people
    • It's found about 93 million miles from the Sun
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 04 Feb 2026
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    • Indian megacity of 16+ million
    • City of 16+ million straddling the Yamuna River
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    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 02 Dec 2025
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    • Belief system for almost two billion people
    • The world's fastest-growing religion, with nearly 350 million new observers in the past decade
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 10 Nov 2025
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    • Sounds from lions
    • Lions' sounds
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 30 Aug 2025
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    • Swahili for "lion"
    • "The Lion King" lion
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersdownNYT MiniLast seen 13 Aug 2025
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    • There are roughly ten million billion (10^16) of these in a grain of salt
    • There are an estimated five sextillion (10^21) in a drop of water
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 13 Jul 2024
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    • Iraklion is its capital
    • Island whose capital and largest city is Iraklion
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 15 Apr 2024
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    • Source of the fables "The Fox and the Lion" and "The Lion and the Mouse"
    • Author of "The Eagle and the Fox" and "The Fox and the Lion"
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 28 Jan 2024
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    • Performer with lions
    • Lion ___
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    5 lettersdownNYT CrosswordLast seen 08 Aug 2023
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    • City with the Temple of the Golden Pavilion
    • Home to the golden pavilion known as Kinkaku-ji
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersacrossNYT CrosswordLast seen 27 May 2023
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    • Like a lion
    • Lion-colored
  • Seen 2 times
    5 lettersacrossNYT MiniLast seen 14 Dec 2022
    Example clues:
    • Millionaire's boat
    • Billionaire's boat

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