American ostrich.

The answer

RHEA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RHEA answer page.

Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 2 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.

• NANDU (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for RHEA

Every other clue in this collection answered by RHEA, most used first.

• Perlman of "Cheers" - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Perlman - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Mother of Zeus - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Flightless bird - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Ostrich kin - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Ostrich relative - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Ostrich cousin - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Three-toed bird - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Seehorn of "Better Call Saul" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• "Better Call Saul" actress Seehorn - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Actress Perlman of "Cheers" - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Moon of Saturn - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Big bird - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• "Cheers" actress Perlman - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Ostrichlike bird - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
• Actress Seehorn of "Better Call Saul" - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Flightless South American bird - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• "Better Call Saul" star Seehorn - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Zeus' mother - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• She played Carla on "Cheers" - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Comical Caroline - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Satellite of Saturn - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
• Three-toed bird of South America - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Carla on "Cheers" - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• Emmy winner Perlman - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Flightless bird of South America - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Mother of the gods. - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
• Ostrich. - used 8 times, most recently in 1966
• Ostrich's cousin - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Saturn satellite - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Carla portrayer on "Cheers" - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Cassowary kin - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Daughter of Uranus - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Emu cousin - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Mother of Poseidon - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Saturn's second-largest moon - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Three-toed bird of the pampas - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Big bird of the pampas - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Bird whose male hatches the eggs - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Earthbound bird - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Emu relative - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Emu's cousin - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Hera's mother - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Large, flightless bird - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Ostrich look-alike - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Ostrich's kin - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Poseidon's mother - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

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