Ear-shaped shell
The crossword clue "Ear-shaped shell" is answered by ABALONE, a 7-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABALONE
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABALONE answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ABALONE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABALONE, most used first.
- Mother-of-pearl source - used 44 times, most recently in 2023
- Ear shell - used 16 times, most recently in 2010
- Edible mollusk - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
- Rock-clinging mollusk - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Soft-shell clam - STEAMER, used 32 times
- Ring-shaped - ANNULAR, used 25 times
- Needle-shaped - ACERATE, used 18 times
- Needle-shaped - ACEROSE, used 16 times
- Lends an ear - LISTENS, used 12 times
- Egg-shaped instrument - OCARINA, used 11 times
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