The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DEER which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Forest denizen crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DEER | 34 % | 4 |
| DOE | 20 % | 3 |
| ELK | 17 % | 3 |
| TREE | 12 % | 4 |
| STAG | 7 % | 4 |
| REDDEER | 2 % | 7 |
| WAPITI | 2 % | 6 |
| ROEDEER | 2 % | 7 |
| RANGER | 2 % | 6 |
Why may DEER be the right solution?
DEER is a common animal found in forests, making it a fitting answer for the clue "Forest denizen."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Forest denizen
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- woodland creature
- forest animal
- doe
- deer
- elk
- ranger
- tree
- wapiti
- okapi
- ape
- elf
- orang
Crossword Answer definitions
DEER noun- A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla
- (in particular) one of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose or elk
- The meat of such an animal; venison.
- (except in the phrase "small deer") an animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal, as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result DEER
- Bambi was one
- Forest flitter
- Forest ruminant
- Hoofed ruminants
- Roebuck, for one
- Stag party?
- Venison
- Whitetail or roebuck
- A couple of bucks?
- Bambi and family
More clues leading to the result DOE
- Buck's mate
- Anonymous Jane
- Everyman John
- It may be around a buck
- The buck stops here
- Unknown's surname
- Anonymous John
- Elusive John
- Female hare
- Kangaroo mom
More clues leading to the result ELK
- Deer family member
- Lodge brother
- Lodge member
- Benevolent brother
- Big deer
- Hunter's prey
- Large, antlered mammal
- Wapiti
- A very lodge animal?
- Antlered animal
More clues leading to the result TREE
- Corner
- Elder or alder
- Family chart
- Family or shoe follower
- Genealogical diagram
- Genealogist's sketch
- Kind of frog or squirrel
- Kind of surgery
- Leaf shedder
- Palm, e.g.
More clues leading to the result STAG
- Lone
- One alone
- Unaccompanied
- Unaccompanied by a woman
- Unescorted
- Bambi's dad, for one
- Deer fellow?
- Guys' party
- Without a date
- For men only
More clues leading to the result REDDEER
- Ruminant whose venison is prized
- Forest ruminant
- Roe or hart
- Whitetail in summer
- Old World ruminant
- Ruminant with a chestnut-colored coat
- Chestnut-colored ruminant
- Antlered grazer of Eurasia
- After the moose and elk, it's the largest of its kind
- Venison source
More clues leading to the result WAPITI
- American elk
- Elk
- Yellowstone animal
- Large deer
- Antlered animal
- White-rumped elk
- Rockies denizen
- Large elk
- Moose cousin
- American elk.
More clues leading to the result ROEDEER
- Some stags and does
- They have three-pointed antlers
- Ungulate with three-pointed antlers
- Small antlered animal
- Does, sometimes
- Animals with antlers
- Graceful antlered critter
- *Short-antlered animal
- Antlered Eurasians
- Short-antlered critter