Come out of one's shell
The crossword clue "Come out of one's shell" is answered by HATCH, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
HATCH
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HATCH answer page.
Used 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for HATCH
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- Emerge from an egg - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Concoct - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Devise, as a plot - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Sub entry - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Concoct, as a plan - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Concoct, as a plot - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Deck opening - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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