Gives shape to
The crossword clue "Gives shape to" is answered by MOLDS, a 5-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2018. 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
MOLDS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MOLDS answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2018. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for MOLDS
Every other clue in this collection answered by MOLDS, most used first.
- Shapes - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Gets into shape? - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Gelatin shapers - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
- Jell-O shapers - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Gives off - EMITS, used 178 times
- Macaroni shape - ELBOW, used 100 times
- Gives a hoot - CARES, used 62 times
- Gives temporarily - LENDS, used 56 times
- Gives up - CEDES, used 52 times
- In shape - TONED, used 33 times
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