The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STILT , but the solution may also be EGRET which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Long-legged bird crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STILT | 27 % | 5 |
| AVOCET | 14 % | 6 |
| HERON | 11 % | 5 |
| EGRET | 10 % | 5 |
| CRANE | 10 % | 5 |
| IBIS | 9 % | 4 |
| STORK | 6 % | 5 |
| FLAMINGO | 4 % | 8 |
| EMU | 3 % | 3 |
| WADER | 3 % | 5 |
| CRAKE | 1 % | 5 |
| CURLEW | 1 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Long-legged bird
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crane
- stork
- heron
- frigate
- goose
- prion
- turkey
- whitehead
- wild goose
- corset
- swan
- loom
Crossword Answer definitions
STILT noun- Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.
- A tall pillar or post used to support some structure; often above water.
- Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills.
- A crutch.
- The handle of a plough.
- To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts
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 STILT
- Clown booster
- Clown support
- Support post
- Leg extender
- Beach-house support
- One of a raising pair
- Certain house supporter
- Clown's height enhancer
- Tall person's nickname
- Marsh bird
More clues leading to the result AVOCET
- Long-legged bird
- Long-legged shore bird
- Shore bird
- Long-legged shorebird
- Stilt cousin with a curving bill
- Curve-billed wader
- Stilt cousin with an upcurved bill
- Pied wader
- Marsh bird
- Leggy shore bird
More clues leading to the result HERON
- Egret's kin
- Egret, for one
- Wading bird
- Bittern, e.g.
- Bayou bird
- Marsh bird
- Bird with an almost 6 foot wingspan
- Bittern cousin
- Egret cousin
- Marsh denizen
More clues leading to the result EGRET
- Heron
- Everglades bird
- Marsh bird
- Okefenokee flier
- Plumed bird
- Plumed heron
- White heron
- White-plumed bird
- Plumed wader
- Bird whose scientific name is Ardea alba
More clues leading to the result CRANE
- Hoisting machine
- Large wading bird
- Wrecking-ball swinger
- Wading bird
- Frasier's last name
- Construction-site sight
- Wetlands whooper
- Classic origami piece
- Poet Hart __
- Egg-layer that whoops?
More clues leading to the result IBIS
- Stork relative
- Storklike bird
- Wading bird
- Hieroglyphics bird
- Stork-like bird
- Stork-like wader
- Leggy wader
- Nile bird
- Sacred bird of the Nile
- Heron cousin
More clues leading to the result STORK
- Baby bringer
- Baby bird?
- Baby shower card image
- Vlasic mascot
- Delivery bird
- Rooftop nester
- Baby flyer
- Junior flyer?
- Baby bringer?
- Baby deliverer?
More clues leading to the result FLAMINGO
- Goose on stilts?
- Pink wading bird
- Pinkish wader
- Kitschy lawn figure
- Long-legged bird
- Lawn decoration, maybe
- Pink bird
- Crane's cousin
- Aquatic bird
- Long-legged pink bird
More clues leading to the result EMU
- Flightless bird
- Australian bird
- Big bird
- Bird that's a source of red meat
- Ostrich kin
- Outback bird
- Rhea relative
- The new meat?
- Cassowary relative
- Edible ratite
More clues leading to the result WADER
- Heron or egret
- Shore bird
- Stilt or kite
- Flamingo, e.g.
- Big boot
- Crane, e.g.
- Fisherman's boot
- One in the kiddie pool, perhaps
- Trout fisherman's boot
- Kid in a kiddie pool
More clues leading to the result CRAKE
- Short-billed bird
- Coot relative
- Marsh bird
- Rail bird
- Short-billed rail.
- Short-billed bird.
- Bird with harsh voice.
- Rail bird.
- Land rail.
- Long-legged bird.