Fish-eating birds
The crossword clue "Fish-eating birds" is answered by ERNS, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ERNS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ERNS answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 6 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.
- SEAHAWKS (3 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
- Some eagles - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Sea flock - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
- Eagles. - used 9 times, most recently in 1994
- 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.
- Flightless birds - EMUS, used 137 times
- Colorful fish - OPAH, used 112 times
- Food fish - SHAD, used 86 times
- Big birds - EMUS, used 67 times
- Diving birds - AUKS, used 47 times
- Brightly colored fish - OPAH, used 45 times
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