The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TEAL , but the solution may also be SMEW which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Small duck crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TEAL | 69 % | 4 |
| SMEW | 29 % | 4 |
| HOODEDMERGANSER | 3 % | 15 |
Why may SMEW be the right solution?
The answer to "Small duck" is "SMEW" because a smew is a small species of duck.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Small duck
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- teal
- mallard
- smew
- peal
- bufflehead
- garganey
- butterball
- dipper
- ruddy duck
- bucephela albeola
- scaup
- buffel duck
Crossword Answer definitions
TEAL noun- Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.
- A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan.
- Having a bluish-green colour
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 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 SMEW
- Fish-eating duck
- Diving duck
- White merganser
- Sawbill, e.g.
- Merganser
- Duck also called white nun
- Small diving duck
- Old World duck
- Fish-eating Eurasian duck
- Eurasian diving duck