The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ROOK , but the solution may also be PEWIT which is one of the most recent solution (2006 in Universal uClick).
Old World bird crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ROOK | 17 % | 4 |
| PEWIT | 17 % | 5 |
| HOOPOE | 17 % | 6 |
| CLEE | 17 % | 4 |
| TAWNYEAGLE | 8 % | 10 |
| ORTOLAN | 8 % | 7 |
| ROBIN | 8 % | 5 |
| BEEEATER | 8 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Old World bird
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hoopoe
- rook
- robin
- ortolan
- pewit
- redshank
- quail
- oriole
- roller
- pratincole
- woodcock
- sandgrouse
Crossword Answer definitions
ROOK noun- A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
- A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
- A type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
- A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
- A bad deal, a rip-off.
- To cheat or swindle.
- A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
- A castle or other fortification.
- A rookie.
- Mist; fog; roke
- To squat; to ruck.
- Pronunciation spelling of look.
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 ROOK
- Castling requirement
- Cheat
- Versification
- Chess piece
- Kasparov's piece
- One of Deep Blue's men
- He guards the corner of the chessboard
- Corner piece
- Castling piece
- Rank-and-file chess piece
More clues leading to the result PEWIT
- Black-headed gull
- Lapwing gull
- Plover's cousin
- Little bird
- Old World bird
- Small bird
- Lapwing or phoebe.
- One of the flycatchers.
- Lapwing.
- Phoebe.
More clues leading to the result HOOPOE
- Kingfisher's relative
- Long-beaked, high-crested bird.
- European crested bird.
- Old World bird.
- Old World bird
- Fancy-coiffed bird
- Bird with a fanlike crest
More clues leading to the result CLEE
More clues leading to the result TAWNYEAGLE
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 ROBIN
- Sign of spring
- Red-breasted songbird
- Chris O'Donnell's "Batman Forever" role
- Burt Ward role
- Batman's sidekick
- Tuck's leader
- HLN anchor Meade
- Merry Men's leader
- Connecticut's state bird
- Michigan's state bird