That's a moray

The answer

EEL

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

Used 26 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1992. It appears in 13 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
• 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
• 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
• Slippery sort - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• 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.

• "So that's it!" - AHA, used 130 times
• "That's all ___ wrote" - SHE, used 95 times
• "That's it!" - AHA, used 87 times
• "So that's your game!" - OHO, used 60 times
• "That's gross!" - UGH, used 53 times
• "So that's it!" - OHO, used 45 times

Search the clue collection

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.