Long-legged bird

The answer

EGRET

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EGRET answer page.

Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 11 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.

• STILT (26 uses in xd)
• STORK (25 uses in xd)
• CRANE (17 uses in xd)
• HERON (13 uses in xd)
• AVOCET (11 uses in xd)

Other clues for EGRET

Every other clue in this collection answered by EGRET, most used first.

• White heron - used 115 times, most recently in 2026
• Wading bird - used 101 times, most recently in 2026
• "Snowy" bird - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
• Everglades wader - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Marsh bird - used 63 times, most recently in 2025
• Snowy wader - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Heron - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Everglades bird - used 50 times, most recently in 2024
• Plumed wader - used 41 times, most recently in 2018
• White wader - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
• Plumed bird - used 36 times, most recently in 2012
• White-plumed bird - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Plumed heron - used 31 times, most recently in 2014
• White-plumed wader - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Heron's cousin - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Plume source - used 22 times, most recently in 2012
• Wetlands wader - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Long-legged wader - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Bird. - used 15 times, most recently in 1990
• Showy bird - used 15 times, most recently in 1992
• White wading bird - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Everglades denizen - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• Heron's kin - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Marsh wader - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• White-plumed heron - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Long-plumed bird - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• White-plumed wading bird - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Long-necked wader - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• "Snowy" heron - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Long-legged wading bird - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Plume. - used 11 times, most recently in 1980
• Type of heron - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Long-plumed heron - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "Snowy" wading bird - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Long-necked wading bird - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Snowy ___ - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Cousin of a bittern - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Florida marsh bird - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• White bird - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Everglades resident - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Gulf Coast bird - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Heron relative - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Protected bird - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• "Snowy" marsh bird - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• White marsh bird - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Bird found in Florida - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Florida bird - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Symbol of the National Audubon Society - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• White-feathered wader - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Bird-related - AVIAN, used 109 times
• Long (for) - YEARN, used 99 times
• Long stories - SAGAS, used 95 times
• Long look - STARE, used 89 times
• Long - YEARN, used 79 times
• Wading bird - HERON, used 79 times

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