Bird with a plume that, ounce for ounce, was once worth more than gold Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Bird with a plume that, ounce for ounce, was once worth more than gold featured in New York Times puzzle on January 21, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is EGRET.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EGRET Bird with a plume that, ounce for ounce, was once worth more than gold (5) New York Times Jan 21, 2026
6% IPADMINI Tablet that weighs less than 11 ounces (8) Wall Street Journal Jan 17, 2026
6% MINIM Fluid ounce fraction (5) Newsday Jan 16, 2026
6% POUND Sixteen ounces (5) (5) Mirror Classic Nov 27, 2025
5% EGRETS Long-plumed birds (6) Thomas Joseph Jan 12, 2026
5% LARGE Soft drink that might be 50 ounces (5) The Atlantic Dec 8, 2025
5% ONELITER Approximately 33.8 fluid ounces (8) New York Times Nov 23, 2025
5% RECUR Happen more than once (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 25, 2025
5% TWICE One more than once (5) USA Today Oct 23, 2025
5% LBS Ounces and ounces, for short (3)

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