Spiral shapes
The crossword clue "Spiral shapes" is answered by COILS, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
COILS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COILS answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for COILS
Every other clue in this collection answered by COILS, most used first.
- Spirals - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Winds - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Mattress innards - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Spring features - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
- Mattress features - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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.
- Spiral-horned antelope - ELAND, used 57 times
- Spiral - HELIX, used 43 times
- Racetrack shapes - OVALS, used 26 times
- Cameo shapes - OVALS, used 25 times
- Snaky shapes - ESSES, used 21 times
- Pretzel shapes - KNOTS, used 17 times
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