The Clue
Throngs (5 letter answer)
The Answer
HERDS
Tags
Notes
The answer HERDS is uncommon, appearing about once every 575 puzzles.
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Crowds
Droves
Gathers
Wrangles
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Drives together
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Grazing groups
Groups of antelopes
Groups of buffalo
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Ranch stock
Range rovers
Tends, as sheep
Zebra groups
Does a cowboy's job
Rounded-up numbers?
They may be in "plain" view
Definition
HERD as a noun:
1. a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals all of the same kind that are herded by humans
2. a group of wild mammals of one species that remain together: antelope or elephants or seals or whales or zebra
3. (ruck, herd) = a crowd especially of ordinary or undistinguished persons or things; "his brilliance raised him above the ruck"; "the children resembled a fairy herd"
HERD as a verb:
1. (herd, crowd) = cause to herd, drive, or crowd together; "We herded the children into a spare classroom"
2. move together, like a herd
3. keep, move, or drive animals; "Who will be herding the cattle when the cowboy dies?"