Bird on a Canadian coin

The answer

LOON

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOON answer page.

Used 15 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LOON

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

• Diving bird - used 154 times, most recently in 2026
• Crazy as a __ - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Lake bird - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Bird on a Canadian dollar - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Minnesota's state bird - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• "Crazy" bird - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• "On Golden Pond" bird - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Symbol of craziness - used 16 times, most recently in 2019
• Water bird. - used 16 times, most recently in 1983
• Fish-eating bird - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• State bird of Minnesota - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Bird on Canada's dollar coin - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Nut - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Bird on Canadian coins - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Minnesota state bird - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Nutcase - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Epitome of craziness - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Bird. - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Canadian dollar bird - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Crackpot - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Great northern diver - used 8 times, most recently in 2001
• Screwball - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
• Bird on the Canadian dollar - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Bird with a weird cry - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Grebe's cousin - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
• Wacko - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Bird in a crazy simile - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Bird on the Canadian dollar coin - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Birdbrain - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Nut job - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Simpleton - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Skilled diver - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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.

• Wading bird - IBIS, used 194 times
• Extinct bird - DODO, used 158 times
• Canadian gas brand - ESSO, used 148 times
• Sea bird - ERNE, used 124 times
• Continental coin - EURO, used 121 times
• Hawaii's state bird - NENE, used 104 times

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