Slippery swimmer
The crossword clue "Slippery swimmer" is answered by EEL, a 3-letter entry. Used 81 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the pilot data itself.
The answer
EEL
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EEL answer page.
Used 81 times across 29 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 16 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for EEL
Every other clue in this pilot 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
- Slippery fish - used 83 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Pilot clues 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.
- Before - ERE, used 733 times
- Greek vowel - ETA, used 549 times
- Superlative suffix - EST, used 521 times
- Mess up - ERR, used 508 times
- Work unit - ERG, used 488 times
- Dawn goddess - EOS, used 446 times
Search this clue pilot
Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.