Shark type

The answer

MAKO

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

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 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.

• BONNETHEAD (1 uses in xd)
• TOPE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for MAKO

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

• Powerful shark - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Shark variety - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Large shark - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Speedy shark - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Mackerel shark - used 14 times, most recently in 2014
• Type of shark - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of shark - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Dangerous shark - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• Fast-swimming shark - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Blue-and-white shark - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Big shark - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Deadly shark - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Shortfin shark - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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