Shape of an egg

The answer

OVAL

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OVAL answer page.

Used 8 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2017. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OVAL

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

• Track shape - used 223 times, most recently in 2026
• Elliptical - used 178 times, most recently in 2026
• Racetrack shape - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Cameo shape - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Egg-shaped - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Ellipse - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Face shape - used 66 times, most recently in 2025
• Squashed circle - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Not quite round - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Ellipsoidal. - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• Racetrack - used 29 times, most recently in 2012
• Egg outline - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Roundish - used 27 times, most recently in 2021
• Running track - used 27 times, most recently in 2021
• Locket shape - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• ___ Office - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Elliptical shape - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Roundish shape - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Track - used 22 times, most recently in 2016
• Race track - used 20 times, most recently in 2000
• Rounded. - used 19 times, most recently in 2006
• White House office shape - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Shape of the president's office - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Egg shape - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Elongated circle - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Flattened circle - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Out of round - used 16 times, most recently in 2015
• Athletic field. - used 15 times, most recently in 1986
• Not quite circular - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Ellipsoid - used 14 times, most recently in 2010
• Like a famous office - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Presidential office shape - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Almond-shaped - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Race track shape - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• White House office - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Zero-shaped - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Horse course - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Like some mirrors - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Squished circle - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• 0-shaped - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Almost round - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• Common mirror shape - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Cricket field shape - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Avocado's shape - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Oblong circle - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Race place - used 10 times, most recently in 2017
• Kind of round - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• ___ Office (White House room) - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Rounded shape - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Shaped like an avocado - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Somewhat round - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
• Office shape - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Stadium shape - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Avocado-shaped - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Common face shape - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Football-shaped - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• Like some coffee tables - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Like the president's office - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Place for a race - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Planetary path - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Racecourse shape - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Shape of a racetrack - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• White House room - used 7 times, most recently in 1976
• Zero, essentially - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Avocado shape - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Decorative window shape - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Elliptic - used 6 times, most recently in 2003
• Elliptical track - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Geometric shape - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Like zero - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Mirror shape - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Nearly round - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Roller rink shape - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Shaped like a 0 - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Simple Lionel layout - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Skating rink shape - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Washington office shape - used 6 times, most recently in 2009

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.

• Egg on - URGE, used 170 times
• Goose egg - ZERO, used 89 times
• Egg on - GOAD, used 85 times
• Egg - OVUM, used 83 times
• Egg cell - OVUM, used 78 times
• Eyebrow shape - ARCH, used 67 times

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