Ships' wheels
The crossword clue "Ships' wheels" is answered by HELMS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HELMS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HELMS answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 6 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
- Big wheels at sea - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
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.
- Tot's wheels - TRIKE, used 20 times
- Dud on wheels - LEMON, used 11 times
- Adjust, as car wheels - ALIGN, used 10 times
- Wheels of fortune? - LIMOS, used 10 times
- Adjust, as wheels - ALIGN, used 9 times
- Wheels for big wheels - LIMOS, used 9 times
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