Shore fliers

The answer

TERNS

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

Used 18 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. 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.

• ERNES (2 uses in xd)
• ERNS (2 uses in xd)
• SEABIRDS (2 uses in xd)
• GULLS (1 uses in xd)

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
• 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 fliers - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• 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
• Formation fliers - GEESE, used 35 times
• Singer Shore - DINAH, used 26 times
• Shore - DINAH, used 16 times
• Shore bird - HERON, used 15 times
• Far from shore - ATSEA, used 13 times

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