Hard to grab hold of
The crossword clue "Hard to grab hold of" is answered by EELY, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
EELY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EELY answer page.
Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Difficult to grasp - 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
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- Hard to find - RARE, used 196 times
- Work hard - TOIL, used 183 times
- Working hard - ATIT, used 149 times
- Hold sway - RULE, used 77 times
- Hard work - TOIL, used 73 times
- "Hold on ___!" - ASEC, used 68 times
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