Long-billed bird
The crossword clue "Long-billed bird" is answered by SNIPE, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1952. 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
SNIPE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SNIPE answer page.
Used 11 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1952. 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.
- KINGRAIL (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SNIPE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SNIPE, most used first.
- Marsh bird - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Take potshots - used 56 times, most recently in 2024
- Take potshots (at) - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Shoot from hiding - used 23 times, most recently in 2022
- Wading bird - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Shore bird. - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Game bird - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Long-billed marsh bird - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Shoot from cover - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Make malicious remarks - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Make nasty comments - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Prey in a mock hunt - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
- Straight-billed game bird - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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
- Long (for) - YEARN, used 99 times
- Long stories - SAGAS, used 95 times
- Long look - STARE, used 89 times
- "Snowy" bird - EGRET, used 80 times
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