Talking bird
The crossword clue "Talking bird" is answered by PARROT, a 6-letter entry. Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PARROT
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PARROT answer page.
Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 6 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.
- PARAKEET (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for PARROT
Every other clue in this collection answered by PARROT, most used first.
- Chatty bird - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Imitate - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Mimic - used 10 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.
- Baltimore bird - ORIOLE, used 82 times
- Black-and-orange bird - ORIOLE, used 27 times
- Maryland's state bird - ORIOLE, used 23 times
- Bird of prey - RAPTOR, used 21 times
- Shore bird - AVOCET, used 19 times
- Orange-and-black bird - ORIOLE, used 17 times
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