"Great blue" bird
The crossword clue ""Great blue" bird" is answered by HERON, a 5-letter entry. Used 22 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
HERON
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HERON answer page.
Used 22 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HERON
Every other clue in this collection answered by HERON, most used first.
- Wading bird - used 79 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.
- Sky blue - AZURE, used 146 times
- Bird-related - AVIAN, used 109 times
- Wading bird - EGRET, used 101 times
- "Snowy" bird - EGRET, used 80 times
- Blue hue - AZURE, used 68 times
- Marsh bird - EGRET, used 63 times
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