Bird sound.
The crossword clue "Bird sound." is answered by HOOT, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HOOT
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOOT answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for HOOT
Every other clue in this collection answered by HOOT, most used first.
- Owl's sound - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Owl sound - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Knee-slapper - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Owl call - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Owl's call - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Holler's partner - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Owl's cry - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Catcall - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Owl's comment - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Derisive sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Jeer - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Night sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
- Sound from an owl - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Derisive shout - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Laugh-a-minute - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Amusing antic - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Owl howl - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Rib-tickler - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Riot - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
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- Wading bird - IBIS, used 194 times
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- Extinct bird - DODO, used 158 times
- Diving bird - LOON, used 154 times
- Scissors sound - SNIP, used 135 times
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