Heron
The crossword clue "Heron" is answered by EGRET, a 5-letter entry. Used 51 times across 37 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EGRET
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EGRET answer page.
Used 51 times across 37 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1924. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- BITTERN (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for EGRET
Every other clue in this collection answered by EGRET, most used first.
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- Everglades bird - used 50 times, most recently in 2024
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