Animal on Michigan's state flag

The answer

ELK

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELK answer page.

Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ELK

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

• Wapiti - used 233 times, most recently in 2026
• Antlered animal - used 214 times, most recently in 2026
• Lodge member - used 97 times, most recently in 2024
• Yellowstone grazer - used 86 times, most recently in 2026
• Large deer - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Moose relative - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Caribou kin - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Caribou's kin - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Antlered beast - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Caribou's cousin - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Bugling beast - used 33 times, most recently in 2023
• Big game - used 31 times, most recently in 2023
• Caribou cousin - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Moose cousin - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Shoe leather. - used 28 times, most recently in 2003
• Caribou relative - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Fraternal fellow - used 22 times, most recently in 2018
• Antlered grazer - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• BPOE member - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Lodge brother - used 19 times, most recently in 2014
• Moose's cousin - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Moose's kin - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Yellowstone beast - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Big deer - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Deer family member - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Fraternal order member - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Leather. - used 16 times, most recently in 1973
• Reindeer relative - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Animal with antlers - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• B.P.O.E. member - used 15 times, most recently in 2000
• Forest ranger? - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Moose - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• Moose kin - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Reindeer's kin - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Game animal - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Utah's state animal - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Animal on Michigan's flag - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Broad-antlered deer - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Forest animal - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Rockies roamer - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Animal that bugles - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Deer relative - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Large species of deer - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Rocky Mountain deer - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• State animal of Utah - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Grand Teton grazer - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Yellowstone sight - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Antlered critter - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• "Benevolent" fellow - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Big-antlered deer - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Forest denizen - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Hunter's quarry - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Reindeer cousin - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Reindeer kin - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Rockies grazer - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Yellowstone bugler - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Antlered creature - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Bugling animal - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Lodge logo animal - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Pliable leather - used 7 times, most recently in 2005
• Rockies ruminant - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Wawaskeesh - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
• Wild bugler - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Yellowstone herd - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Yellowstone Park deer - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Animal with a white rump - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Big game animal - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Bugling grazer - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Canadian grazer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Deer cousin - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Deer friend? - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Fraternal club member - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Fraternal man - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Great Plains grazer - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Leather source - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Member of the deer family - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Moose, in Europe - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Yellowstone creature - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Yellowstone roamer - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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