School of fish

The answer

SHOAL

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

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2024. 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

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• CATROCKTROPICAL (1 uses in xd)
• MULLETARYACADEMY (1 uses in xd)
• NEEDLECLOWNGOLD (1 uses in xd)
• RUN (1 uses in xd)
• STARJELLYFLYING (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SHOAL

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

• Sandbar - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Sand bar - used 45 times, most recently in 2025
• Sandbank - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Sailing hazard - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Riverboat hazard - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Shallow. - used 10 times, most recently in 1996
• Bar - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Marine hazard - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Shallow area - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Stretch of shallow water - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Submerged ridge - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Aquarium fish - TETRA, used 214 times
• French school - ECOLE, used 122 times
• School paper - ESSAY, used 82 times
• Silvery fish - SMELT, used 53 times
• Colorful aquarium fish - TETRA, used 47 times
• "Rainbow" fish - TROUT, used 39 times

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