Silly person
The crossword clue "Silly person" is answered by GOOSE, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GOOSE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GOOSE answer page.
Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 8 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.
- FLIBBERTIGIBBET (1 uses in xd)
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 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
- Bird that honks - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- 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.
- Silly - INANE, used 305 times
- Plain silly - INANE, used 47 times
- "Silly" birds - GEESE, used 37 times
- Silly ones - GEESE, used 30 times
- People person? - CELEB, used 25 times
- Totally silly - INANE, used 25 times
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