Ellipses
The crossword clue "Ellipses" is answered by OVALS, a 5-letter entry. Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OVALS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OVALS answer page.
Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for OVALS
Every other clue in this collection answered by OVALS, most used first.
- Racetrack shapes - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Cameo shapes - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Squashed circles - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Track shapes - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
- Racetracks - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Race tracks - used 14 times, most recently in 2007
- Egg shapes - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Tracks - used 12 times, most recently in 2022
- Roundish shapes - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Running tracks - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
- Flattened circles - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Deformed circles - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Some tracks - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Locket shapes - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Some picture frames - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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- Chicago airport - OHARE, used 254 times
- Frequently - OFTEN, used 239 times
- Nebraska city - OMAHA, used 236 times
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