Long-legged shorebird
The crossword clue "Long-legged shorebird" is answered by AVOCET, a 6-letter entry. Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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AVOCET
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AVOCET answer page.
Used 16 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for AVOCET
Every other clue in this collection answered by AVOCET, most used first.
- Shore bird - used 19 times, most recently in 2006
- Long-legged shore bird - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
- Wading bird - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
- Long-legged bird - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
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