Long-necked, bright-plumaged wader (5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Long-necked, bright-plumaged wader (5) featured in Guardian Quick puzzle on January 28, 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 GREBE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% GREBE Long-necked, bright-plumaged wader (5) (5) The Guardian Quick Jan 28, 2026
7% HERON Long-necked, sharp-beaked wader (5) (5) The Guardian Quick Jan 26, 2026
6% SWAN Graceful, long-necked waterfowl (4)
6% LLAMA Andean animal with a long neck (5) New York Times Dec 29, 2025
6% GOOSE Long-necked water bird (5) The Times Concise Dec 1, 2025
6% IBIS Long-legged wader (4) LA Times Daily Oct 12, 2025
6% HERONS Long-necked waders (6) LA Times Daily May 25, 2022
6% EGRET Long-necked wader (5) Newsday Mar 24, 2021
6% CRANE Long-necked wader (5) USA Today May 27, 2018
6% EGRETS Long-necked waders (6) New York Times Jan 23, 2017

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