“Where the ___ Sing” (2018 Delia Owens novel)

The answer to ““Where the ___ Sing” (2018 Delia Owens novel)” in the Wall Street Journal crossword is CRAWDADS — a 8-letter word. It most recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal crossword on July 23, 2026, a Thursday puzzle, at 9-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.

““Where the ___ Sing” (2018 Delia Owens novel)” answer

CRAWDADS (8 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 CRAWDADS.

Why the answer is CRAWDADS

It’s the marshy title of a bestselling novel about a lonely girl growing up in the wild 🦀

What does CRAWDADS mean?

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

When else has ““Where the ___ Sing” (2018 Delia Owens novel)” appeared?

Wall Street Journal 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 23, 2026 (most recent) → CRAWDADS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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