Playful river animal

The answer

OTTER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OTTER answer page.

Used 15 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Playful animal - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Weasel's cousin - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Playful aquatic animal - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Weasel relative - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Aquatic animal - used 18 times, most recently in 2017
• Furry frolicker - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• River frolicker - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Fish-eating mammal - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Playful marine mammal - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Mink cousin - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Sleek swimmer - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Weasel's kin - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Mink relative - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Paravane - used 13 times, most recently in 1993
• Playful sea critter - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Web-footed animal - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Playful water critter - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Abalone eater - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Aquatic frolicker - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Badger cousin - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Frisky swimmer - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Riverbank frolicker - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• "The Wind in the Willows" character - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Water-loving mammal - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Water mammal - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Weasel family member - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Weasel kin - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Weasel's relative - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "Animal House" nickname - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Badger relative - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Furry aquatic mammal - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Furry river mammal - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Mink's relative - used 9 times, most recently in 1993
• River romper - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Dark brown fur - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Furry river animal - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Playful aquatic critter - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Water animal - used 8 times, most recently in 1975
• Animal that eats while floating on its back - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Fur source - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Furry fish-eater - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Mammal with webbed feet - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Playful critter - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Playful river critter - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Valuable fur. - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
• Web-footed swimmer - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Badger's cousin - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Bewhiskered swimmer - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Cousin of a mink - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Ring of Bright Water" pet - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• River critter - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Swimming mammal - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Web-footed creature - used 6 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.

• Grenoble's river - ISERE, used 143 times
• France's longest river - LOIRE, used 114 times
• Andean animal - LLAMA, used 93 times
• Pack animal - BURRO, used 60 times
• Rome's river - TIBER, used 60 times
• Ranch animal - STEER, used 58 times

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