Shell rival
The crossword clue "Shell rival" is answered by HESS, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. 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
HESS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HESS answer page.
Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 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.
- EXXON (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for HESS
Every other clue in this collection answered by HESS, most used first.
- Pianist Myra - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Dame Myra - used 74 times, most recently in 2024
- Pianist Dame Myra - used 43 times, most recently in 2019
- Big name in oil - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
- Gas company with toy trucks - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Shell competitor - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- British pianist - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- British pianist Myra - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
- Name on toy fuel trucks - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Piano-playing Dame - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Dame Myra at the piano - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Dame of the piano - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Gas company known for its toy trucks - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Company with toy trucks - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
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- Harrow rival - ETON, used 151 times
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- Harvard rival - YALE, used 114 times
- Prego rival - RAGU, used 93 times
- Harrow's rival - ETON, used 84 times
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