Ostrich relative
The crossword clue "Ostrich relative" is answered by EMU, a 3-letter entry. Used 49 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EMU
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EMU answer page.
Used 49 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 19 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.
- TINAMOU (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for EMU
Every other clue in this collection answered by EMU, most used first.
- Outback bird - used 240 times, most recently in 2026
- Flightless bird - used 215 times, most recently in 2026
- Big bird - used 212 times, most recently in 2026
- Australian bird - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
- Ostrich's cousin - used 128 times, most recently in 2022
- Aussie bird - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
- Outback runner - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Ostrich's kin - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
- Down Under bird - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Ostrich cousin - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Ostrich kin - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Grounded bird - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Big bird of Australia - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Ratite bird - used 33 times, most recently in 2017
- Running bird - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Flightless Australian bird - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Cassowary cousin - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- Cassowary kin - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
- Fast-running bird - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Ostrichlike bird - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Large bird - used 26 times, most recently in 1996
- Australian runner - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Cassowary's cousin - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Earthbound bird - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Rhea relative - used 22 times, most recently in 2018
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