Black-and-white whale

The answer

ORCA

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ORCA answer page.

Used 55 times across 21 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for ORCA

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

• Killer whale - used 553 times, most recently in 2026
• Sea predator - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Ocean predator - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Black-and-white predator - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Shamu, for one - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• Marine predator - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Predatory dolphin - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Boat in "Jaws" - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Black-and-white ocean predator - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "Jaws" boat - used 27 times, most recently in 2024
• Quint's boat in "Jaws" - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Largest member of the dolphin family - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Whale of a movie? - used 23 times, most recently in 2014

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• Facts and figures - DATA, used 223 times
• Ages and ages - EONS, used 203 times

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