Fork-tailed fliers

The answer

TERNS

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TERNS answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TERNS

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

• Sea birds - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Sea swallows - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Shorebirds - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Shore fliers - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Gull relatives - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Shore birds - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Gull cousins - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Gull-like birds - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Aquatic birds - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Beach birds - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Fork-tailed seabirds - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Beach flock - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Gulls' kin - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Seabirds - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• V-formation fliers - GEESE, used 47 times
• Fork features - TINES, used 43 times
• Short-tailed weasel - STOAT, used 41 times
• Formation fliers - GEESE, used 35 times
• Fork prongs - TINES, used 30 times
• Long-tailed parrot - MACAW, used 30 times

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