Eagles.

The answer

ERNS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERNS answer page.

Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 1994; first recorded in 1943. It appears in 1 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.

• ERNES (8 uses in xd)
• BALD (1 uses in xd)
• PHILADELPHIAANDAMERICAN (1 uses in xd)
• SPREADDOUBLEANDAMERICAN (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ERNS

Every other clue in this collection answered by ERNS, most used first.

• Sea eagles - used 128 times, most recently in 2025
• Sea birds - used 89 times, most recently in 2018
• Coastal raptors - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Airborne fish-eaters - used 16 times, most recently in 2016
• Fish-eating birds - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• Some eagles - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Sea flock - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Water birds - used 9 times, most recently in 1979
• White-tailed eagles - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Diving eagles - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Seabirds - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Flying fish-eaters - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Shore birds - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Glenn of the Eagles - FREY, used 33 times
• "___ Eyes" (Eagles hit) - LYIN, used 14 times
• Emulate eagles - SOAR, used 10 times
• "___ Eyes" (1975 Eagles hit) - LYIN, used 9 times
• Like some eagles - BALD, used 8 times

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