Snakelike swimmer
The crossword clue "Snakelike swimmer" is answered by EEL, a 3-letter entry. Used 41 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 11 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 41 times across 24 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 11 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 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
- 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
- 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
- Conger, for one - used 38 times, most recently in 2023
- 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
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.
- 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
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