Shoulder muscles
The crossword clue "Shoulder muscles" is answered by DELTS, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. 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
DELTS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DELTS answer page.
Used 19 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 8 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.
- DELTOIDS (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for DELTS
Every other clue in this collection answered by DELTS, most used first.
- Shoulder muscles, for short - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Shoulder muscles, briefly - used 22 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.
- Shoulder wrap - SHAWL, used 30 times
- Had sore muscles - ACHED, used 24 times
- Shoulder wrap - STOLE, used 21 times
- Shoulder warmer - SHAWL, used 20 times
- Has sore muscles - ACHES, used 18 times
- Shoulder covering - SHAWL, used 16 times
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