Spiral shell
The crossword clue "Spiral shell" is answered by CONCH, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CONCH
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CONCH answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1957. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for CONCH
Every other clue in this collection answered by CONCH, most used first.
- Spiral seashell - used 6 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.
- Shell out - SPEND, used 69 times
- Spiral-horned antelope - ELAND, used 57 times
- Spiral - HELIX, used 43 times
- Come out of one's shell - HATCH, used 21 times
- Spiral shape - HELIX, used 14 times
- Propelled a shell - OARED, used 10 times
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