River duck

The answer

SMEE

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

Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 1989; first recorded in 1976. It appears in 1 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.

• TEAL (71 uses in xd)
• PINTAIL (9 uses in xd)
• EIDER (4 uses in xd)
• SMEW (2 uses in xd)
• BLUEWINGEDTEAL (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SMEE

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

• "Peter Pan" pirate - used 129 times, most recently in 2025
• Pintail duck - used 74 times, most recently in 2010
• Hook's henchman - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Hook's sidekick - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Hook's mate - used 36 times, most recently in 2013
• Barrie baddie - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Captain Hook's henchman - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Hook's helper - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
• Captain Hook's sidekick - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Hook helper - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Hook hand - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Widgeon - used 20 times, most recently in 1995
• Hook's right hand - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Hook henchman - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Barrie pirate - used 15 times, most recently in 2020
• Duck. - used 15 times, most recently in 1983
• Captain Hook's right-hand man - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Jolly Roger crewman - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Barrie buccaneer - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Hook's underling - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Neverland pirate - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Captain Hook's helper - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Hook's hand - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Pintail. - used 10 times, most recently in 1984
• Hook's right-hand man - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• "Peter Pan" baddie - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• "Peter Pan" character - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Captain Hook's cohort - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Captain Hook's mate - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
• Fictional pirate - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Hook underling - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• 'Peter Pan' pirate - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Capt. Hook's aide - used 7 times, most recently in 1997
• Captain Hook's aide - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Captain Hook's first mate - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Hook's "right-hook" man - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• "Peter Pan" henchman - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• "Peter Pan" role - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Pochard - used 7 times, most recently in 1992
• Barrie bad guy - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• "Hook" sidekick - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Hook's aide - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Hook's cohort - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Hook's first mate - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• One of Hook's gang - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Pirate in "Peter Pan." - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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.

• Russian river - URAL, used 294 times
• Swiss river - AARE, used 265 times
• Florence's river - ARNO, used 249 times
• Belgian river - YSER, used 199 times
• Stratford's river - AVON, used 175 times
• Shakespeare's river - AVON, used 138 times

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