Squashed circle
The crossword clue "Squashed circle" is answered by OVAL, a 4-letter entry. Used 37 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
OVAL
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OVAL answer page.
Used 37 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 11 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.
- ELLIPSE (17 uses in xd)
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
- Ellipse - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Face shape - used 66 times, most recently in 2025
- Not quite round - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Egg outline - used 28 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.
- Circle dance - HORA, used 203 times
- Circle segments - ARCS, used 86 times
- Circle parts - ARCS, used 49 times
- Circle portions - ARCS, used 47 times
- Circle of light - HALO, used 40 times
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