Slippery sort

The answer

EEL

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EEL answer page.

Used 23 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 12 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 (4 uses in xd)
• SNEAK (1 uses in xd)
• WEASEL (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
• Sushi fish - used 133 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
• Slippery one - used 72 times, most recently in 2025
• "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
• Fish. - used 55 times, most recently in 1996
• 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
• Lamprey - used 47 times, most recently in 2008
• Long fish - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
• Snakelike swimmer - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Conger, for one - used 38 times, most recently in 2023
• Sushi selection - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Snaky swimmer - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Electrified fish - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Long swimmer - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Conger, e.g. - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Sniggler's catch - used 31 times, most recently in 2016
• Slim swimmer - used 30 times, most recently in 2025
• Wriggly swimmer - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Conger or moray - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Slender swimmer - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• That's a moray - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Moray or conger - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Elongated fish - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Serpentine swimmer - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Shocking swimmer - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Slender fish - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Wriggler - used 24 times, most recently in 2020
• Sniggler's prey - used 23 times, most recently in 2017
• Electric swimmer - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Japanese delicacy - used 22 times, most recently in 2021

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.

• Sort - ILK, used 282 times
• "Slippery" tree - ELM, used 68 times
• Clumsy sort - OAF, used 65 times
• "Sort of" suffix - ISH, used 64 times
• Slippery ___ - ELM, used 60 times
• Pompous sort - ASS, used 50 times

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