Big wheels at sea
The crossword clue "Big wheels at sea" is answered by HELMS, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
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HELMS
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Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; 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 clues for HELMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HELMS, most used first.
- Tillers. - used 11 times, most recently in 2002
- Ships' wheels - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
- Ship steerers - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Ships' tillers - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Wheels at sea - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
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- Big hit - SMASH, used 75 times
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- Arm of the sea - INLET, used 67 times
- Sea duck - EIDER, used 64 times
- Sea birds - ERNES, used 53 times
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