The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BOGS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2018.
Fens crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| BOGS | 50 % | 4 | 
| MARSHES | 50 % | 7 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fens
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- marsh
 - marshland
 - bog
 - nps
 - moors
 - bogs
 - marshes
 - marshlands
 - mires
 - nfps
 - peatlands
 - sloughs
 
Crossword Answer definitions
BOGS noun- An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking; a marsh or swamp.
 - Confusion, difficulty, or any other thing or place that impedes progress in the manner of such areas.
 - The acidic soil of such areas, principally composed of peat; marshland, swampland.
 - A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
 - An act or instance of defecation.
 - A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp.
 
- (now often with "down") To sink or submerge someone or something into bogland.
 - To prevent or slow someone or something from making progress.
 - (now often with "down") To sink and stick in bogland.
 - To be prevented or impeded from making progress, to become stuck.
 - (originally vulgar Britain) To defecate, to void one's bowels.
 - (originally vulgar Britain) To cover or spray with excrement.
 - To make a mess of something.
 
- Puffery, boastfulness.
 
- To provoke, to bug.
 
- (usually with "off") To go away.
 
- An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
 - Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug, mudbug.
 - Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
 - Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
 - (chiefly computing and engineering jargon) A problem that needs fixing.
 - A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it
 - An enthusiasm for something; an obsession
 - A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
 - A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
 - A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
 - A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it
 - A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
 - A semi-automated telegraph key.
 - Hobgoblin, scarecrow; anything that terrifies.
 - ("the bug") HIV.
 - A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
 - A trilobite.
 - A young apprentice jockey.
 
- A microfossil, particularly a foraminiferan.
 
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result BOGS
- Marshes
 - Peat sources
 - Where Venus flytraps might grow
 - Mires
 - Swampy sites
 - Marshy areas
 - Good spots for peat
 - Peaty places
 - Some dig them, for peat's sake
 - Cranberry sites