Shaped like an egg

The answer

OVATE

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

Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026. 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.

• OVOID (10 uses in xd)
• OVAL (4 uses in xd)
• OVOIDAL (2 uses in xd)
• OOID (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
• 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
• Ellipsoidal - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• 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.

• Egg-shaped - OVOID, used 123 times
• Like some seals - EARED, used 89 times
• "As You Like It" forest - ARDEN, used 79 times
• Like Cheerios - OATEN, used 79 times
• Ring-shaped reef - ATOLL, used 78 times
• Like draft beer - ONTAP, used 74 times

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