Playful animal
The crossword clue "Playful animal" is answered by OTTER, a 5-letter entry. Used 23 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
OTTER
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OTTER answer page.
Used 23 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1971. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for OTTER
Every other clue in this collection answered by OTTER, most used first.
- Aquatic mammal - used 125 times, most recently in 2026
- Web-footed mammal - used 67 times, most recently in 2025
- Mink's cousin - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Playful aquatic mammal - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Furry swimmer - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Playful mammal - used 48 times, most recently in 2018
- Playful swimmer - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- River mammal - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Playful river mammal - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Riverbank romper - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- Fur. - used 23 times, most recently in 1980
- Weasel's cousin - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Playful aquatic animal - used 21 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.
- Andean animal - LLAMA, used 93 times
- Pack animal - BURRO, used 60 times
- Ranch animal - STEER, used 58 times
- Antlered animal - MOOSE, used 53 times
- Playful prank - ANTIC, used 50 times
- Animal track - SPOOR, used 48 times
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