Helix shape
The crossword clue "Helix shape" is answered by SPIRAL, a 6-letter entry. Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPIRAL
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPIRAL answer page.
Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SPIRAL
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPIRAL, most used first.
- Helix - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Corkscrew shape - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Corkscrew - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
- Coil - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Staircase shape - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Nautilus shape - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Perfect pass - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Rotini shape - 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.
- Bent out of shape - WARPED, used 17 times
- Shape up - SNAPTO, used 17 times
- Globe's shape - SPHERE, used 13 times
- Pasta shape - BOWTIE, used 12 times
- Get in shape - TONEUP, used 10 times
- Bubble shape - SPHERE, used 9 times
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