Pacific Ocean phenomenon

The answer

ELNINO

6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ELNINO answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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• LANINA (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for ELNINO

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

• Pacific weather phenomenon - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Weather-changing current - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Pacific phenomenon - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Climate-affecting current - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Weather phenomenon - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Weather-affecting current - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Current event? - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Meteorological menace - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Pacific current - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Weather phenomenon with a Spanish name - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Cause of chaotic weather - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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.

• Pacific islander - SAMOAN, used 14 times
• South Pacific island - TAHITI, used 14 times
• Pacific - SERENE, used 13 times
• Ocean bottoms - DEPTHS, used 10 times
• Atlantic and Pacific - OCEANS, used 9 times
• Ocean floor - SEABED, used 9 times

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