Bird that honks

The answer

GOOSE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GOOSE answer page.

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for GOOSE

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

• Gaggle member - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Honking bird - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Silly one - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Gander's mate - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Silly person - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Silly sort - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Golden-egg layer - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• "Silly" bird - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Simpleton - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
• Bird in a gaggle - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Ninny - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Waterbird - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Mother ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Barnyard honker - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Duck, duck, ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• "That is to say ..." - IMEAN, used 113 times
• Bird-related - AVIAN, used 109 times
• Wading bird - EGRET, used 101 times
• That is: Lat. - IDEST, used 83 times
• "Snowy" bird - EGRET, used 80 times
• Wading bird - HERON, used 79 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.