Flightless birds

The answer to “Flightless birds” in the Eugene Sheffer crossword is EMUS — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Eugene Sheffer crossword on September 1, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 44-Down. 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.

“Flightless birds” answer

EMUS (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 EMUS.

What does EMUS mean?

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

When else has “Flightless 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.

September 1, 2026 (most recent) → EMUS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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