Desert animal
The crossword clue "Desert animal" is answered by CAMEL, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CAMEL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CAMEL answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- KANGAROORAT (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for CAMEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by CAMEL, most used first.
- Caravan beast - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
- Caravan creature - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Ship of the desert - used 30 times, most recently in 2022
- Dromedary - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
- Desert transport - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Desert mount - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Beast of burden. - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Bactrian - used 13 times, most recently in 1996
- Desert beast - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Caravan animal - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Caravan carrier - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Caravan member - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Desert caravan beast - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Saharan transport - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Sahara beast - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Yellowish brown - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Pack animal - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Andean animal - LLAMA, used 93 times
- Desert plants - CACTI, used 73 times
- Israeli desert - NEGEV, used 70 times
- Desert haven - OASIS, used 69 times
- Desert refuge - OASIS, used 62 times
- Pack animal - BURRO, used 60 times
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