Barn birds

The answer to “Barn birds” in the Eugene Sheffer crossword is OWLS — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on July 31, 2026, a Friday puzzle, at 50-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Barn birds” answer

OWLS (4 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is OWLS.

Why the answer is OWLS

These nighttime fliers might keep watch from the rafters of a farm building. 🦉

What does OWLS mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of OWLS is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Barn birds” appeared?

Eugene Sheffer reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

July 31, 2026 (most recent) → OWLS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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