long-tailed African flyer 7 Little Words

“long-tailed African flyer” answer

The 7 Little Words answer for “long-tailed African flyer” (most recently Saturday, October 10, 2026, Puzzle 5) is:

WIDOWBIRD·9 letters

You can also reveal it one tile at a time above if you'd rather keep some of the challenge.

When else has “long-tailed African flyer” appeared?

• October 10, 2026 (most recent) → WIDOWBIRD

Why the answer is WIDOWBIRD

Think of a grassland bird whose males trail dramatic streamers during courtship. 🪶

How to build WIDOWBIRD from the tiles

In 7 Little Words you don't type the answer — you assemble it from the puzzle's shared tile bank, and every tile is used exactly once across all seven answers. Puzzle 5's tiles for October 10, 2026 are:

STR · ANG · ELY · HUA · NGL · ONG · WID · OWB · IRD · SUG · ARY · FOS · SE · TT · STEP · MOT · HER · TRA · INE · RS

WIDOWBIRD is built by combining the tiles WID · OWB · IRD in order. Because those tiles come out of the shared bank, locking in WIDOWBIRD early also narrows what's left for the other six clues.

More clues from this puzzle

Stuck on another clue? Here are the rest of Puzzle 5's clues for October 10, 2026 — tap any for its answer and tile breakdown:

• in an unusual way — 9 letters
• colorful Chinese hot springs — 9 letters
• like frosting — 6 letters
• Zeppelin speed record holder — 7 letters
• Carol Brady was one — 10 letters
• sneakers, in Sussex — 8 letters

Want all five puzzles in one place? The full day is on the October 10, 2026 answers page, and today's live answers are always one tap from the main 7 Little Words page.

About 7 Little Words

7 Little Words is a daily clue-and-tile puzzle from Blue Ox Technologies. Each board gives seven clues and a bank of two- and three-letter tiles; you spell every answer by combining tiles, using each tile exactly once. Five free puzzles publish every day, resetting at midnight Eastern Time. This was a Saturday puzzle.