___ chowder (hearty soup)

The answer

CLAM

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CLAM answer page.

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CLAM

Every other clue in this collection answered by CLAM, most used first.

• Chowder morsel - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Quahog - used 57 times, most recently in 2013
• Chowder ingredient - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Chowder chunk - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Chowder bit - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Silent one - used 22 times, most recently in 2007
• Happy as a ___ - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Untalkative one - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Buck - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• Smacker - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Shut (up) - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Symbol of happiness - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Close-mouthed one - used 11 times, most recently in 2010
• Happy mollusk? - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Littleneck, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Mollusk. - used 11 times, most recently in 1997
• Littleneck. - used 10 times, most recently in 1996
• Simoleon - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Bisque morsel - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Quahog, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Silent type - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• ___ chowder - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Quahog or geoduck - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Seafood item - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• Symbol of silence - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Dollar, slangily - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Epitome of happiness - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Hardly a blabbermouth - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Manhattan __ chowder - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Quahog, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Silent sort - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Stop talking, with "up" - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• ___ up (refuse to talk) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Bisque bit - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Bivalve mollusk - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Cherrystone - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Chowder mollusk - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Chowder tidbit - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Marine mollusk - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Steamer, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Tight-lipped one - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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.

• Japanese soup - MISO, used 88 times
• Hearty dish - STEW, used 73 times
• __ and hearty - HALE, used 51 times
• Sushi bar soup - MISO, used 43 times
• Hearty bowlful - STEW, used 36 times
• Hearty partner - HALE, used 36 times

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