Wading birds
The crossword clue "Wading birds" is answered by RAILS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
RAILS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RAILS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1960. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for RAILS
Every other clue in this collection answered by RAILS, most used first.
- Train tracks - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
- Marsh birds - used 15 times, most recently in 2009
- Banisters - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Tracks - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
- Limited support? - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Train supports - used 7 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.
- For the birds? - AVIAN, used 103 times
- Wading bird - EGRET, used 101 times
- Honking birds - GEESE, used 82 times
- Wading bird - HERON, used 79 times
- Sea birds - ERNES, used 53 times
- Diving birds - LOONS, used 52 times
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