Sandcastle shaper

The answer

PAIL

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for PAIL

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

• Bucket - used 99 times, most recently in 2026
• Sandbox toy - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Beach toy - used 40 times, most recently in 2019
• Beach bucket - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Water carrier - used 17 times, most recently in 2022
• Sandbox bucket - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Nursery rhyme vessel - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Beach item - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• It'll hold water - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Jack and Jill's vessel - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Container. - used 8 times, most recently in 1992
• Jack and Jill's container - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Milkmaid's need - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Trick-or-treater's tote - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Vessel for Jack and Jill - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Water holder - used 6 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.

• Gelatin shaper - MOLD, used 34 times
• Jell-O shaper - MOLD, used 18 times
• Shoe shaper - TREE, used 12 times
• Wood shaper - ADZE, used 11 times
• Aspic shaper - MOLD, used 8 times
• Sandcastle destroyer - TIDE, used 6 times

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