Large flightless birds
The crossword clue "Large flightless birds" is answered by RHEAS, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. 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
RHEAS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RHEAS answer page.
Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. 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.
- EMULATES (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for RHEAS
Every other clue in this collection answered by RHEAS, most used first.
- Flightless birds - used 25 times, most recently in 2019
- Ostrichlike birds - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
- Ostrich cousins - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- American ostriches - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Ostrich relatives - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
- Flightless South American birds - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Big birds - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
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