Hawk's descent
The crossword clue "Hawk's descent" is answered by SWOOP, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. 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
SWOOP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SWOOP answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SWOOP
Every other clue in this collection answered by SWOOP, most used first.
- Dive like an eagle - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Eagle's descent - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Dive like a hawk - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Hawk's claw - TALON, used 44 times
- Hawk's home - AERIE, used 42 times
- Hawk's weapon - TALON, used 27 times
- Hawk's nest - AERIE, used 17 times
- Hawk's grasper - TALON, used 11 times
- Hawk's grabber - TALON, used 10 times
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