Clues for the word "TERN"
We've had 175 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 725 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on July 20, 2026.
Definition of tern
- n. - Any one of numerous species of long-winged aquatic birds, allied to the gulls, and belonging to Sterna and various allied genera.
- a. - Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.
- a. - That which consists of, or pertains to, three things or numbers together; especially, a prize in a lottery resulting from the favorable combination of three numbers in the drawing; also, the three numbers themselves.
Referring Clues
- Cousin of a gull
- Arctic ___
- Graceful aquatic bird
- Bird on a beach
- Fork-tailed flier
- Relative of a gull
- Beach bird
- Graceful bird
- Seabird
- Gull-like bird
- Sea swallow
- Shorebird
- Relative of a sea gull
- Aquatic bird
- It has a forked tail
- Flier around a lighthouse
- Fork-tailed bird
- Shore sight
- Coastal predator
- Seabird with a forked tail
- Sea bird
- Bird with a forked tail
- Gull relative
- Coastal bird
- Shore flier
- Web-footed sea swallow
- Shore bird
- Small gull
- Slender gull
- "Sooty" bird
- Fork-tailed gull
- Little gull
- Gull kin
- Gull's cousin
- Forked-tail flier
- Gull friend
- Shorebird with a pointed beak
- Sea swallow, for example
- Sooty ___ (bird also known as a wideawake)
- Fork-tailed sea bird
- Beach sight
- Seagull relative
- Gull cousin
- Coastal flier
- Elegant seabird
- Member of the gull family
- Sort of seabird
- Migratory bird
- Skimmer relative
- Graceful seabird
- Bald eagle's cousin
- Flapper at the shore
- Sea eagle
- Bird over the waves
- Fork-tailed gull-like bird
- Certain seabird
- Bird on the beach, perhaps
- Marine bird
- Fork-tailed shore bird
- Ocean flyer
- Sea gull relative
- Forked-tailed flier
- Fork-tailed flyer
- Shorebird that sounds like a bend
- Slender-billed sea bird
- "... leave no ___ unstoned" (pun ending)
- Bird that migrates from the Arctic to Antarctica
- Migratory shorebird
- Arctic seabird
- Migratory minnow muncher
- Fork-tailed seabird
- Ocean bird
- Fork-tailed shorebird
- Arctic bird
- Seagull cousin
- Arctic or Antarctic fish-eater
- Sea flier
- Seagull's cousin
- Gull's kin
- Arctic flyer
- Seagull's kin
- Arctic flier
- 3-masted schooner
- Beach flier
- Swallow at sea
- Arctic ___ (pole-to-pole migrator)
- Coastal plunger
- Swallow of the sea
- Gull's relative
- Canvas-back kin
- Sea gull
- Coastal diver
- Slender-billed seabird
- Small seabird
- Slender shorebird
- Cousin of the gull
- Small, slender gull
- Arctic ___ (migrating bird)
- Forked-tail sea flier
- Marine flier
- Web-footed flier
- "One good ___ deserves another": birder's quip
- Beach eagle
- Relative of 20-Across
- Certain beach bird
- Fork-tailed beach bird
- Seagull kin
- Graceful gull
- Bird with a two-pointed tail
- Arctic-to-Antarctica migrating bird
- Migratory seabird
- Sea swallow, e.g.
- One of the waders
- Slender gull with a forked tail
- Small, slender seagull
- Bird found on all continents, including Antarctica
- Set of three
- Aquatic flier
- Gull
- Beach bird with a forked tail
- Fork-tailed fish eater
- Seabird that can be "sooty"
- Wading bird
- Seagull
- Small seabird with forked tail
- See 23
- International winger?
- Flier's revised rent
- Seabird related to the gull
- Noddy, e.g.
- Winged creature
- Flyer with a forked tail
- Fork-tailed relative of the gull
- See 1
- Seabird with forked tail
- Diving shorebird
- Sea bird, a small gull
- It's said to go the other way, which is up
- Bird related to the noddy
- Small bird
- Bird seen regularly in the briny
- Polar bird
- Aleutian wintering off Indonesia
- Gull in "westernized"
- Beach gull
- Flier #2
- Bird appearing regularly in the arena
- Arctic, avian creature
- "Leave no ___ unstoned" (jocular phrase)
- Arctic or Sooty ___
- Reportedly go off bird
- "Royal" seaside bird
- Shorebird with a forked tail
- Maternal bird?
- Bird seen in the afternoon?
- Can you hear it turn in the air?
- International flier?
- Diving bird
- Seabird whose tail is often forked
- Soarer by the shore
- Seabird within "water nymphs"
- Flier making a sound turn
- International winger?
- Bird with an annual 18,000-mile round-trip migration
- Cousin of a skimmer
- Arctic ___ (migratory bird)
- "Royal" bird
- Bird found on all seven continents
- Bald eagle's sea cousin
- Bird that makes the longest migration in the animal kingdom
- Arctic ___: bird that flies between poles
- Royal ___: seabird native to the Americas
- Slender shore gull
- Coastal flyer
- Web-footed bird
Last Seen In
- New York Times - July 20, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 19, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 17, 2026
- Mirror Daily - July 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - June 23, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 02, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 28, 2026
- Mirror Daily - May 17, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 17, 2026
- Daily American - April 16, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - April 15, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - April 12, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 11, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 23, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 21, 2026
- New York Times - March 08, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 23, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 20, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 29, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 29, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 21, 2026
- LA Times - January 20, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 13, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 12, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 07, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 01, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 12, 2025
- LA Times - November 20, 2025
- LA Times - November 11, 2025
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