Flightless birds
The crossword clue "Flightless birds" is answered by EMUS, a 4-letter entry. Used 137 times across 35 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
EMUS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EMUS answer page.
Used 137 times across 35 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 21 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 pilot link to their own answer page.
- RHEAS (25 uses in xd)
- KIWIS (7 uses in xd)
- DODOS (2 uses in xd)
- MOAS (2 uses in xd)
- RATITES (2 uses in xd)
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