Fly-catching bird
The crossword clue "Fly-catching bird" is answered by PEWEE, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. 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
PEWEE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PEWEE answer page.
Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for PEWEE
Every other clue in this collection answered by PEWEE, most used first.
- Flycatcher - used 19 times, most recently in 2006
- Small flycatcher - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
- North American flycatcher - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Small bird - used 8 times, most recently in 2000
- Phoebe - used 7 times, most recently in 2002
- Small fly-catching bird - used 7 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.
- Bird-related - AVIAN, used 109 times
- Wading bird - EGRET, used 101 times
- "When pigs fly!" - NEVER, used 99 times
- "Snowy" bird - EGRET, used 80 times
- Wading bird - HERON, used 79 times
- Marsh bird - EGRET, used 63 times
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