Ellipsoidal

The answer

OVATE

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 3 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.

• OVAL (29 uses in xd)
• OBLONG (2 uses in xd)
• OBLATE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for OVATE

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

• Egg-shaped - used 228 times, most recently in 2026
• Like Humpty Dumpty - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Elliptical - used 21 times, most recently in 2018
• Roundish - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Shaped like Humpty Dumpty - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Shaped like an egg - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Humpty Dumpty-shaped - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Like an egg - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Not perfectly round - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Rounded. - used 7 times, most recently in 1993
• Egglike - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Beginning - ONSET, used 596 times
• Martini garnish - OLIVE, used 259 times
• Bay window - ORIEL, used 254 times
• Chicago airport - OHARE, used 254 times
• Frequently - OFTEN, used 239 times
• Nebraska city - OMAHA, used 236 times

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