Wading bird
The crossword clue "Wading bird" is answered by AVOCET, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
AVOCET
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AVOCET answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 4 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 shorebird - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Long-legged shore bird - used 13 times, most recently in 2014
- Long-legged bird - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Baltimore bird - ORIOLE, used 82 times
- Black-and-orange bird - ORIOLE, used 27 times
- Maryland's state bird - ORIOLE, used 23 times
- Bird of prey - RAPTOR, used 21 times
- Wading birds - EGRETS, used 21 times
- Orange-and-black bird - ORIOLE, used 17 times
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