Pasta shape

The answer

ELBOW

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELBOW answer page.

Used 21 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 8 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.

• BOWTIE (12 uses in xd)
• SHELL (6 uses in xd)
• ZITI (3 uses in xd)
• PENNE (1 uses in xd)
• SPIRAL (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ELBOW

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

• Macaroni shape - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Arm joint - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Jostle - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Nudge - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
• Attention-getting joint - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
• Nudge rudely - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Radius end - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Type of macaroni - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Pipe type - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Give a nudge to - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Kind of macaroni - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Macaroni variety - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Tubular pasta - PENNE, used 161 times
• Green pasta sauce - PESTO, used 64 times
• Tube-shaped pasta - PENNE, used 48 times
• In shape - TONED, used 33 times
• Al ___ (pasta order) - DENTE, used 30 times
• Pasta choice - PENNE, used 25 times

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