Shore bird
The crossword clue "Shore bird" is answered by TERN, a 4-letter entry. Used 37 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TERN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TERN answer page.
Used 37 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 11 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.
- AVOCET (19 uses in xd)
- GULL (15 uses in xd)
Other clues for TERN
Every other clue in this collection answered by TERN, most used first.
- Sea swallow - used 107 times, most recently in 2026
- Sea bird - used 74 times, most recently in 2014
- Beach bird - used 51 times, most recently in 2025
- Gull relative - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Gull's cousin - used 46 times, most recently in 2022
- Gull cousin - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Seabird - used 23 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.
- Wading bird - IBIS, used 194 times
- Extinct bird - DODO, used 158 times
- Diving bird - LOON, used 154 times
- Sea bird - ERNE, used 124 times
- Hawaii's state bird - NENE, used 104 times
- Graceful bird - SWAN, used 100 times
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