Playful river mammal

The answer

OTTER

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

Used 26 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2012. It appears in 11 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
• 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

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
• Rome's river - TIBER, used 60 times
• River mouth formation - DELTA, used 58 times
• River to the Rio Grande - PECOS, used 58 times
• French river - LOIRE, used 56 times

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