Shuts tightly
The crossword clue "Shuts tightly" is answered by SEALS, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SEALS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SEALS answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SEALS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SEALS, most used first.
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- Closes tightly - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Makes airtight - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Makes watertight - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Navy elite - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
- Christmas ___. - used 9 times, most recently in 2003
- Circus performers - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
- Marine mammals - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Naval commandos - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Aquatic mammals - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Closes up - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Aquatic barkers - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Shuts up - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
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.
- Tightly packed - DENSE, used 115 times
- Hold tightly - GRASP, used 20 times
- Hold tightly - CLASP, used 20 times
- Shuts with force - SLAMS, used 12 times
- Packed tightly - DENSE, used 11 times
- Shuts with a bang - SLAMS, used 9 times
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