Birds that can't walk backwards, unlike ostriches Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Birds that can't walk backwards, unlike ostriches last seen in USA Today puzzle. 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 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is EMUS.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% EMUS Birds that can't walk backwards, unlike ostriches (4) USA Today Mar 12, 2023
75% EMU Bird similar to an ostrich (3) (3) Puzzler Sep 1, 2025
63% EEW "Wee" backward (3)
63% RATITE Any of various flightless birds of which the ostrich is the largest (6) (6) Mirror Quiz Sep 20, 2025
63% DLIST Unlikely to be a VIP (5) Universal Sep 15, 2025
63% TALL Unlikely (story) (4) Puzzler Backwords Sep 11, 2025
63% ODDCOUPLES Unlikely matches (10) Wall Street Journal Sep 2, 2025
63% RHEA Ostrich kin (4) Eugene Sheffer Jul 12, 2025
60% MALE Unlike 18-Across (4) LA Times Daily Oct 7, 2025
60% ORIG Unlike a cover: Abbr. (4) New York Times Oct 5, 2025

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