Night birds
The crossword clue "Night birds" is answered by OWLS, a 4-letter entry. Used 24 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
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4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OWLS answer page.
Used 24 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1944. 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
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SNORES (1 uses in xd)
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
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.
- "___ the night before Christmas ..." - TWAS, used 151 times
- Flightless birds - EMUS, used 137 times
- "Night" author Wiesel - ELIE, used 130 times
- "___ the night before ..." - TWAS, used 100 times
- Sea birds - ERNS, used 89 times
- Night light - NEON, used 74 times
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