Serpentine swimmers

The answer

EELS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EELS answer page.

Used 16 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for EELS

Every other clue in this collection answered by EELS, most used first.

• Congers - used 109 times, most recently in 2026
• Morays - used 97 times, most recently in 2026
• Slippery swimmers - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Snaky swimmers - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Snakelike swimmers - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Slithery swimmers - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Snakelike fishes - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Snakelike fish - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Snaky fish - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Lampreys - used 32 times, most recently in 2015
• Slippery fish - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Fish - used 29 times, most recently in 1976
• Slippery ones - used 28 times, most recently in 2015
• Fish dish - used 27 times, most recently in 1999
• Sushi fish - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
• Slithery fish - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Sinuous swimmers - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Wriggly swimmers - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "Electric" swimmers - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Fish caught in pots - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Long swimmers - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Skinny swimmers - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Congers, e.g. - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Morays, e.g. - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Wriggly fish - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• "Electric" fishes - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Sinuous fish - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Long fish - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Slim swimmers - used 13 times, most recently in 2020
• Sniggler's prey - used 13 times, most recently in 2010
• Electrified swimmers - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Slender swimmers - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Sushi fare - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Sargasso Sea swimmers - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Elongated swimmers - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Marine shockers - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Slender fish - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Slippery critters - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Sniggler's catch - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Congers and morays - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• "Electric" creatures - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Electric" fish - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Grown-up grigs - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Long, wriggly swimmers - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Shocking swimmers - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Symbols of slipperiness - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Adult elvers - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Aquatic shockers - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Conger and moray - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Electric ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Elongated fish - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Morays and congers - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Reef denizens - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Reef dwellers - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Reef predators - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Sushi staple - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• They're caught in pots - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Wrigglers - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Electrified fish - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Elvers. - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Flotsam and Jetsam, in "The Little Mermaid" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Grown-up elvers - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Narrow-bodied swimmers - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Novocaine for the Soul" band - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Sargasso Sea spawners - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Slippery customers - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Smorgasbord items. - used 7 times, most recently in 1971
• Snakelike sea creatures - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Snaky fishes - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Sniggler's haul - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Sushi bar selections - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Elusive ones - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Fish that can swim backwards - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Great Barrier Reef denizens - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Long fishes - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Mark Oliver Everett's band - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Pickled delicacies - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Reef residents - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Slithery fishes - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Squiggly swimmers - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Sushi servings - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Wet wigglers - used 6 times, most recently in 2010

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.

• Whip-tailed swimmers - RAYS, used 8 times
• Slimy and serpentine - EELY, used 7 times

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