Fish-eating birds
The crossword clue "Fish-eating birds" is answered by LOONS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1983. 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
LOONS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LOONS answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1983. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SEAHAWKS (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for LOONS
Every other clue in this collection answered by LOONS, most used first.
- Diving birds - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Lake birds - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Birds on Canadian coins - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Birds on Canadian dollars - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- "On Golden Pond" birds - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Aquarium fish - TETRA, used 214 times
- For the birds? - AVIAN, used 103 times
- Honking birds - GEESE, used 82 times
- Sea birds - ERNES, used 53 times
- Silvery fish - SMELT, used 53 times
- Of birds - AVIAN, used 48 times
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