Hooting birds
The crossword clue "Hooting birds" is answered by OWLS, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OWLS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OWLS answer page.
Used 14 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for OWLS
Every other clue in this collection answered by OWLS, most used first.
- They give a hoot - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Night fliers - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
- Nocturnal birds - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Barn birds - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Hooters - used 25 times, most recently in 2023
- Big-eyed birds - used 24 times, most recently in 2023
- Night birds - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Wise birds - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Hogwarts messengers - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Birds that hoot - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Nocturnal birds of prey - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Birds of prey - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Symbols of wisdom - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Birds associated with wisdom - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Birds that may be spotted - used 12 times, most recently in 2011
- Temple team - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Wise ones - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Night flyers - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Nocturnal hunters - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- They fly by night - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
- Mice catchers - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Supposedly wise birds - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Birds. - used 7 times, most recently in 1972
- Night hunters - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Birds in barns - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Mail carriers at Hogwarts - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Night predators - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Nocturnal hooters - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Parliament members - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Temple athletes - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Temple University team - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
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.
- Flightless birds - EMUS, used 137 times
- Sea birds - ERNS, used 89 times
- Big birds - EMUS, used 67 times
- Diving birds - AUKS, used 47 times
- Outback birds - EMUS, used 45 times
- Early birds? - EGGS, used 44 times
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