Whale of a movie?

The answer

ORCA

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

Used 23 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1986. It appears in 8 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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• FREEWILLY (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ORCA

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

• Killer whale - used 553 times, most recently in 2026
• Black-and-white whale - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Sea predator - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Ocean predator - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Black-and-white predator - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Shamu, for one - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• Marine predator - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Predatory dolphin - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Boat in "Jaws" - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Black-and-white ocean predator - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "Jaws" boat - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Quint's boat in "Jaws" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Largest member of the dolphin family - used 25 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.

• Movie dog - ASTA, used 92 times
• Movie pooch - ASTA, used 37 times
• Whale - CETE, used 36 times
• Movie - FILM, used 34 times
• Part in a movie - ROLE, used 30 times
• Baby whale - CALF, used 28 times

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