Large body of water

The answer

OCEAN

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OCEAN answer page.

Used 17 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 7 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.

• SEA (59 uses in xd)
• GULF (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OCEAN

Every other clue in this collection answered by OCEAN, most used first.

• Atlantic or Pacific - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Indian, for one - used 70 times, most recently in 2024
• Pacific or Atlantic - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Continental divide? - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Indian, e.g. - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Neptune's realm - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Vast expanse - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
• Body of water - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Arctic, for one - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Mermaid's home - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Whale's home - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Arctic or Indian - used 23 times, most recently in 2018
• Indian or Arctic - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Bounding main - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Great quantity - used 20 times, most recently in 2016
• Indian ___ - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Vast quantity - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Pacific. - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
• Salty expanse - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Shark's home - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Great expanse - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Pacific, for one - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Large amount - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Neptune's domain - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Pacific, for example - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• The bounding main - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
• Watery expanse - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Bermuda border - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Continental divider - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
• Poseidon's realm - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• River's end, often - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
• Swell place? - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• Vast amount - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Current location - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Singer Billy - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
• Where the buoys are - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Most of the Earth's surface - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Atlantic, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Billy or Frank - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Cousteau's milieu - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Deep blue - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Huge amount - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Large quantity - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Main - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Mariner's place - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Poseidon's domain - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Arctic or Atlantic - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Atlantic, for instance - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Atlantic or Arctic - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Briny expanse - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Continent separator - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Great amount - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Indian, for example - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Porpoise's place - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Vast body of water - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• About 71% of the earth's surface - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Arctic or Antarctic - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Arctic or Indian, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Atlantic, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Caribbean Queen" singer Billy - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Drink - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Huge quantity - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Hurricane's birthplace - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• It has a floor but no ceiling - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• It has arms and waves - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• Pacific or Arctic - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• "... sailed the ___ blue" - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Splashdown site - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• SpongeBob's home - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• The deep - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

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.

• Water wheel - NORIA, used 72 times
• Water nymph - NAIAD, used 70 times
• Water vapor - STEAM, used 60 times
• "John Brown's Body" poet - BENET, used 54 times
• Trunk of the body - TORSO, used 51 times
• Upper body - TORSO, used 50 times

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