Answer to "Game bird" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SNIPE , but the solution may also be GROUSE which is one of the most recent solution (2010 in King Syndicate).

Game bird crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SNIPE	21 %	5
GROUSE	15 %	6
PHEASANT	12 %	8
QUAIL	9 %	5
TEAL	9 %	4
FOWL	6 %	4
COLIN	3 %	5
BUSTARD	3 %	7
ORTOLAN	3 %	7
MALLARD	3 %	7
MASCOT	3 %	6
PARTRIDGE	3 %	9
SAGEHEN	3 %	7
COOT	3 %	4
TINAMOU	3 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Game bird

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• gamebird
• cockbird
• bird
• gamefowl
• bird of prey
• call bird
• woodbird
• pheasant
• cage bird
• wing-shot
• fowl
• landbird

Crossword Answer definitions

SNIPE noun

1. Any of various limicoline game birds of the genera Gallinago, Lymnocryptes and Coenocorypha in the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.
2. A fool; a blockhead.
3. A shot fired from a concealed place.
4. (naval slang) A member of the engineering department on a ship.
5. (ice hockey slang) A goal.

SNIPE verb

1. To hunt snipe.
2. To shoot at individuals from a concealed place.
3. (by extension) To shoot with a sniper rifle.
4. To watch a timed online auction and place a winning bid against (the current high bidder) at the last possible moment.
5. To nose (a log) to make it drag or slip easily in skidding.
6. (ice hockey slang) To score a goal.
7. To move the ball quickly in a different direction.

SNIPE noun

1. A cigarette butt.
2. An animated promotional logo during a television show.
3. A strip of copy announcing some late breaking news or item of interest, typically placed in a print advertisement in such a way that it stands out from the ad.
4. A bottle of wine measuring 0.1875 liters, one fourth the volume of a standard bottle; a quarter bottle or piccolo.

SNIPE noun

1. A sharp, clever answer; sarcasm.
2. A note or sticker attached to an existing poster to provide further information (e.g. an event is sold out), political criticism, etc.

SNIPE verb

1. To make malicious, underhand remarks or attacks.
2. To attach a note or sticker to (an existing poster) to provide further information, political criticism, 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 SNIPE

• Bushwhack
• Make malicious remarks
• Marsh bird
• __ at (malign)
• Assail
• Game bird
• Shoot from above
• Take potshots
• Gossip maliciously
• Sandpiper kin

More clues leading to the result GROUSE

• Complain
• Crab
• Black ruffed bird
• Vancouver's ___ Mountain (ski area)
• Vancouver's ___ Mountain
• Register one's dissatisfaction
• Bellyache
• Fuss and fret
• Kvetch
• "Ruffed" bird

More clues leading to the result PHEASANT

• Game bird
• Long-tailed game bird
• Ring-necked bird
• Bird served "under glass"
• Game for a pointer.
• Ring-necked or golden.
• Bird
• Game for hunters
• Gallinaceous bird
• It's often served under glass

More clues leading to the result QUAIL

• Cower in fear
• One of a bevy
• Partridge cousin
• Covey member
• Small game bird
• Bird in a covey
• Bevy member
• Bird in a bevy
• Plump bird
• Draw back with alarm

More clues leading to the result TEAL

• Greenish blue
• River duck
• Shade of blue
• Bluish green
• Freshwater duck
• Mallard cousin
• Blue green
• Dabbling duck
• Ducky color?
• Blue-green

More clues leading to the result FOWL

• Game boys?
• Game bird
• Chickens and turkeys
• Barnyard birds
• Poultry
• Chickens, e.g.
• Flying game
• Barnyard bird
• Feathered friend
• They're game?

More clues leading to the result COLIN

• General Powell
• Best Actor between Jeff and Jean
• British actor Firth
• Gen. Powell
• Actor Firth
• Actor Firth of "Bridget Jones's Diary"
• Reagan adviser Powell
• Irish actor Farrell
• "The King's Speech" Oscar winner Firth
• Condoleezza's predecessor

More clues leading to the result BUSTARD

• Game bird.

More clues leading to the result ORTOLAN

• Bunting served as a delicacy
• Songbird
• Game bird.
• Bunting.
• Bobolink.
• European bunting.
• Bobolink or bunting.
• Bunting or bobolink.
• Bunting
• Old-World bird

More clues leading to the result MALLARD

• A dabbling duck
• Wild flier
• Common duck
• Comic strip duck __ Fillmore
• Common dabbler
• Target of the duck hunter.
• Wild duck.
• Duck.
• Wild duck
• Duck

More clues leading to the result MASCOT

• Dalmatian, to a fireman
• Slider for the Cleveland Indians, e.g.
• Snoo, the Reddit Alien, e.g.
• Game bird?
• Dugout-top dancer, sometimes
• Good luck animal
• Army's mule or Navy's goat
• Nipper, vis- -vis RCA
• Nittany Lion, for one
• Army's mule, e.g.

More clues leading to the result PARTRIDGE

• Shirley, Keith, Laurie, or Danny
• "The Twelve Days of Christmas" gift
• "And a ___ in a pear tree"
• Quail kin
• Gift on the first day
• Ruffed grouse.
• Fabled pear-tree dweller.
• Game bird.
• Pear-tree present.
• Xmas present

More clues leading to the result SAGEHEN

• Female grouse
• Plump-bodied grouse
• Certain female grouse
• Pomona College player
• Game bird.
• Native of Nevada.
• Nevada grouse.
• Grouse.
• Bird.
• Western plains bird.

More clues leading to the result COOT

• Crotchety one
• Scoter
• Geezer
• Marsh hen
• Swimming bird to which weird old people might be compared
• Curmudgeon
• Foolish old man
• Diving bird
• Aquatic avian
• Eccentric oldster

More clues leading to the result TINAMOU

• Ratite bird that lays glossy colored eggs
• Kiwi's distant cousin
• Partridge's relative
• Quail-like bird.
• Game bird.
• Game fowl of South America.
• Quail-like bird of ostrich family.
• South American bird.
• Mexican partridge.
• S.A. bird