Clues for the word "BAYOU"
We've had 94 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 176 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on June 23, 2026.
Definition of bayou
- n. - An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind.
Referring Clues
- Lazy waters
- Louisiana feature
- Louisiana marsh
- Sluggish water
- Marshy inlet
- Mississippi delta feature
- Certain backwater
- Louisiana waterway
- Crawfish's home
- "Blue ___" (1977 Linda Ronstadt hit)
- Marshy backwater
- Arm of the Mississippi
- Arm of the Atchafalaya
- Mississippi marsh
- Crawdad's home
- Linda Ronstadt's "Blue ___"
- Marshy tract
- Sluggish southern stream
- Sluggish stream
- Mississippi inlet
- Louisiana swamp
- Sluggish marsh
- Louisiana marsh, e.g.
- Marshy lake outlet
- Marshy tributary, e.g.
- Arm or outlet of a lake
- Louisiana marshland
- Louisiana inlet
- Linda Ronstadt's "Blue ___"
- Marshy area
- Marshy area
- Sluggish inlet
- Crawfish habitat
- Cajun's home
- Cajun's home
- Marshy outlet
- Sluggish body of water
- Ronstadt's 'Blue ___'
- Sluggish creek
- Ronstadt's was blue
- Marshy creek
- Louisiana area
- Boggy backwater
- Louisiana backwater
- Swamp
- Louisiana body of water
- Crocodile habitat
- Setting for "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
- Louisiana locale for "True Detective"
- Ronstadt's 'Blue '
- River marsh
- Mississippi backwater
- Louisiana wetland
- Home for American alligators
- "Blue ___": 1963 and 1977 hit
- Crayfish habitat
- Cajun milieu
- Louisiana setting
- Swampy part of Louisiana
- Swampy lake outlet
- Backwater area
- Marshy tributary of lake or river - a buoy (anag)
- Home to many a Cajun
- Habitat for herons
- Gulf Coast feature
- Marshy offshoot of a river
- Marshy lake
- Opening where French create a swampy river outlet
- Ecosystem endangered by global warming
- Marsh
- Gulf States inlet
- Waterway in a Linda Ronstadt hit
- Crawdad's habitat
- Catfish habitat
- Heron habitat
- Habitat for alligators and crawdads
- Home to crawfish
- Alligator tour locale
- Marshy offshoot of a lake or river in Louisiana
- Louisiana body
- "Blue ___"
- Place to catch shrimp
- Habitat for an American alligator
- *Gulf Coast waterway
- Gulf Coast wetland
- Gulf Coast habitat
- "The Princess and the Frog" setting
- Louisiana water body
- Wet and marshy part of Louisiana
- "The ___ City": Houston nickname
- Spoonbill habitat
- Ecosystem susceptible to eutrophication
- Boggy biome
- "Blue" locale in a 1977 Linda Ronstadt classic
Last Seen In
- New York Times - June 23, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 30, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 17, 2026
- Mirror Mini - October 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 27, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 14, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 04, 2025
- LA Times - February 26, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 31, 2025
- LA Times - December 06, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 11, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 20, 2024
- LA Times - July 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 02, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 26, 2024
- Mirror Mini - June 24, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 29, 2023
- Mirror Daily - November 18, 2023
- USA Today - October 21, 2023
- Mirror Daily - July 27, 2023
- LA Times - July 19, 2023
- LA Times - July 16, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 11, 2023
- Family Time - July 10, 2023
- Mirror Mini - June 24, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 27, 2023
- And in 146 more crossword puzzles...