Clues for the word "TURKEY"
We've had 46 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 54 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on August 16, 2025.
Definition of turkey
- n. - An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
- n. - Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America.
Referring Clues
- Bomb
- Holiday roast
- Flop
- Thanksgiving leftovers
- Thanksgiving staple
- A complete flop, this country?
- Dud
- Thanksgiving fare
- Large bird
- No star movie
- Opposite of smash
- Really bad film
- Thanksgiving bird
- Stinker
- Cold-cut choice
- Thanksgiving menu item
- Bird country
- Fowl - flop
- See 12
- Country - fowl
- Land in Asia, mainly, as occasional flier
- Dance with comrade beyond a disaster?
- A complete flop
- Game bird - flop
- Farm-bird
- Bird
- Country - bird
- Country - theatrical failure
- Rising Republican cuts wings off essential Big Bird
- Bird is ready to use, without stuffing
- Partly European country
- Country - bird - bad 8
- Fixed course back to island republic
- Country bird that flopped(6)
- Bird - country - flop
- Georgia neighbor
- Game bird
- A European land bird
- Lust aroused by indispensable bird
- Country not celebrating Christmas?
- Bird's a loser
- Failed state?
- Gobbling fowl
- Holiday bird
- Clunker
- November pardon recipient
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - August 16, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 06, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - August 16, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - May 30, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - February 24, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 24, 2022
- Wall Street Journal - October 07, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - September 14, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - August 16, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - May 30, 2017
- Netword - April 29, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - April 24, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 06, 2017
- Guardian Quick - March 02, 2017
- Guardian Quick - February 16, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - September 16, 2016
- New York Times - July 15, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - July 08, 2016
- Penny Dell Daily - June 07, 2016
- Penny Dell Daily - May 18, 2016
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 26, 2015
- LA Times - January 11, 2015
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 25, 2014
- LA Times - August 09, 2014
- Guardian Quick - May 26, 2014
- Guardian Prize - May 10, 2014
- Guardian Cryptic - January 13, 2014
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 19, 2013
- LA Times - May 19, 2013
- And in 24 more crossword puzzles...