Outback bird
The crossword clue "Outback bird" is answered by EMU, a 3-letter entry. Used 240 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 24 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
EMU
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EMU answer page.
Used 240 times across 33 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 24 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EMU
Every other clue in this pilot answered by EMU, most used first.
- 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
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
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