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TERN

4 letters - 8 clues in this collection

TERN is a 4-letter crossword answer with 8 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 415 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

TERN

TERN

4Letters
8Clues in collection
415Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for TERN in this collection

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  • Sea swallow - used 107 times across 52 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Sea bird - used 74 times across 40 distinct years, most recently in 2014
  • Beach bird - used 51 times across 22 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Gull relative - used 51 times across 24 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Gull's cousin - used 46 times across 29 distinct years, most recently in 2022
  • Shore bird - used 37 times across 20 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Gull cousin - used 26 times across 16 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Seabird - used 23 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2026

Related answers

Answers in this collection that start with the same letter, most used first. Browse every answer starting with T.

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  • TEST - 4 letters, 1,340 combined xd usages, 21 clues in this collection
  • TIER - 4 letters, 1,236 combined xd usages, 18 clues in this collection
  • TATA - 4 letters, 1,139 combined xd usages, 13 clues in this collection
  • TORE - 4 letters, 1,101 combined xd usages, 12 clues in this collection
  • TALE - 4 letters, 1,018 combined xd usages, 11 clues in this collection
  • TEEM - 4 letters, 928 combined xd usages, 9 clues in this collection
  • TRUE - 4 letters, 921 combined xd usages, 17 clues in this collection

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