Great Plains grazer

The answer

ELK

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 3 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.

• BISON (2 uses in xd)

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
• Animal on Michigan's state flag - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• 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
• 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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