Rock-clinging mollusk
The crossword clue "Rock-clinging mollusk" is answered by ABALONE, a 7-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 5 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 6 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1956. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- LIMPET (3 uses in xd)
- CHITON (1 uses in xd)
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
- Ear-shaped shell - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Hard rock - GRANITE, used 10 times
- Igneous rock - DIORITE, used 8 times
- "30 Rock" creator - TINAFEY, used 7 times
- "30 Rock" star - TINAFEY, used 6 times
- Edible mollusk - SCALLOP, used 6 times
- Like volcanic rock - IGNEOUS, used 6 times
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