Diving bird
The crossword clue "Diving bird" is answered by COOT, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2007; 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
COOT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COOT answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2007; 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.
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.
- MURRE (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for COOT
Every other clue in this collection answered by COOT, most used first.
- Geezer - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Codger - used 33 times, most recently in 2023
- Water bird. - used 24 times, most recently in 2011
- Aquatic bird - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Ducklike bird - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Eccentric fellow - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Curmudgeon - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
- Old geezer - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- Scoter - used 9 times, most recently in 2005
- Eccentric oldster - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- Crotchety oldster - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
- Crotchety one - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Crotchety sort - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Old codger - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Wading bird - IBIS, used 194 times
- Extinct bird - DODO, used 158 times
- Diving bird - LOON, used 154 times
- Sea bird - ERNE, used 124 times
- Hawaii's state bird - NENE, used 104 times
- Graceful bird - SWAN, used 100 times
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