Slippery one
The crossword clue "Slippery one" is answered by EEL, a 3-letter entry. Used 72 times across 41 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 14 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
EEL
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EEL answer page.
Used 72 times across 41 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 14 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.
- ELUDER (5 uses in xd)
- LAMPREY (1 uses in xd)
- LOTUS (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for EEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by EEL, most used first.
- Snakelike fish - used 193 times, most recently in 2026
- Snaky fish - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
- Slithery fish - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
- Moray - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
- Sushi choice - used 98 times, most recently in 2026
- Conger - used 96 times, most recently in 2018
- Slippery fish - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
- Slippery swimmer - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
- "Electric" fish - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Slithery swimmer - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Twisty fish - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Moray, e.g. - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
- Unagi, at a sushi bar - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Electric ___ - used 55 times, most recently in 2025
- Moray, for one - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Sinuous swimmer - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Wriggly fish - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Long fish - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- One ___ time - ATA, used 188 times
- One or more - ANY, used 176 times
- Little one - TOT, used 169 times
- Sgt., for one - NCO, used 95 times
- King Kong, for one - APE, used 93 times
- Hole in one - ACE, used 91 times
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