Difficult to grasp
The crossword clue "Difficult to grasp" is answered by EELY, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
EELY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EELY answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 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.
- EELLIKE (1 uses in xd)
- ELUSORY (1 uses in xd)
- INTANGIBLE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for EELY
Every other clue in this collection answered by EELY, most used first.
- Slippery - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
- Slithery - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Hard to hold - used 51 times, most recently in 2022
- Wriggling - used 40 times, most recently in 2020
- Hard to grasp - used 27 times, most recently in 2021
- Wriggly - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Elusive - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Hard to pin down - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Wriggly and slippery - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Slippery and slithery - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Evasive - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
- Hard to handle - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
- Hard to hang on to - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Hard to keep hold of - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Hard to catch - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Thin and slippery - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Hard to hold on to - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Squirming. - used 8 times, most recently in 2001
- Hard to grab hold of - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Slimy and serpentine - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Slippery and snaky - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
- Congerlike - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Like a conger - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Snakelike - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Difficult - HARD, used 129 times
- Difficult journey - TREK, used 92 times
- Make less difficult - EASE, used 75 times
- Not difficult - EASY, used 65 times
- Difficult duty - ONUS, used 25 times
- Difficult burden - ONUS, used 22 times
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