Running bird
The crossword clue "Running bird" is answered by EMU, a 3-letter entry. Used 31 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 7 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 31 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 7 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 collection answered by EMU, most used first.
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- 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
- 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
- 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
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.
- Early bird? - EGG, used 102 times
- Mythical bird - ROC, used 96 times
- Sinbad's bird - ROC, used 82 times
- Bird (Pref.) - AVI, used 74 times
- Barn bird - OWL, used 62 times
- Bird: Prefix - AVI, used 52 times
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