Flightless birds
The crossword clue "Flightless birds" is answered by EMUS, a 4-letter entry. Used 137 times across 35 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 21 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EMUS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EMUS answer page.
Used 137 times across 35 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 21 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.
- RATITES (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for EMUS
Every other clue in this collection answered by EMUS, most used first.
- Big birds - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Outback birds - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Australian birds - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Flightless flock - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
- Ostrich cousins - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- Aussie birds - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Outback runners - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Flightless Australian birds - used 22 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.
- Sea birds - ERNS, used 89 times
- Flightless bird - RHEA, used 56 times
- Diving birds - AUKS, used 47 times
- Extinct flightless bird - DODO, used 46 times
- Early birds? - EGGS, used 44 times
- Mythical birds - ROCS, used 42 times
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