Short-billed bird
The crossword clue "Short-billed bird" is answered by CRAKE, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CRAKE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CRAKE answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1953. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for CRAKE
Every other clue in this collection answered by CRAKE, most used first.
- Short-billed rail - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
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