Clues for the word "COIL"
We've had 140 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 333 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on May 21, 2026.
Definition of coil
- v. t. - To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.
- v. t. - To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils.
- v. i. - To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.
- n. - A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.
- n. - Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.
- n. - A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus.
- n. - A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion.
Referring Clues
- Radiator part
- Heater component
- Stamp purchase
- Spring feature
- Shakespeare's was "mortal"
- Slinky, basically
- Spring, maybe
- Helix
- Kind of spring
- Wind
- Heater feature
- Wire arrangement
- Spring
- Rattler's posture
- Slinky's shape
- Postage purchase
- Spring shape
- Electromagnet component
- Rattlesnake's shape
- Thing to wind
- Roll of postage stamps
- Roll of stamps
- Spiral shape
- Corkscrew
- Prepare to strike, perhaps
- Stamp collection?
- Snake's position
- Post office purchase
- Ignition ___
- Corkscrew piece
- Form a spiral
- Python's pose
- Snake's loop
- Slinky toy, essentially
- Heating device
- Prepare to strike, snake-style
- Rattler's pose
- Mattress feature
- Wind into rings
- Phone-cord shape
- Kevin, in "Superman Returns
- Snake's posture, sometimes
- DNA shape
- ". . . shuffled off this mortal ___"
- Snake shape
- It's all wound up
- Spiral
- Emulate a snake in the grass
- Form spirals
- Heating element
- Wind up
- Mattress spring
- Slinky, for one
- Mattress component
- Store, as a hose
- Curl up
- Slinky, e.g.
- Wind into spirals
- Kevin, in "Superman Returns</I>
- "... shuffled off this mortal ___"
- Mattress part
- Wind like a snake
- Cobra's shape
- Electromagnet feature
- Snake formation
- Spring wind?
- Form rings
- Snaky shape
- Engine part
- Ring of rope
- Loop shape
- Get wound up
- Hose shape
- Garden-hose shape
- Slinky toy, basically
- Mortal ___
- Make like a snake
- Cobra's shape, at times
- Run rings around?
- Slinky, essentially
- Solenoid shape
- Old phone-cord shape
- Spring's shape
- Slinky shape
- Roll
- Be windy?
- Emulate a snake
- Snaky configuration
- Curlicue
- Curl up, as a snake
- Curl up like a snake
- "When we have shuffled off this mortal ___": Hamlet
- 100-stamp purchase
- Snake's shape
- Wind into a spiral
- Curl up like a cobra
- Wind around and around
- Make a shape like a snake
- Spiral or snake shape
- Bedspring
- Move for 7-Down
- Lacuna ___
- Phish's is "Squirming"
- Opeth "Watershed" opener
- Italian metalers Lacuna ___
- Phish "The Squirming ___"
- '97 Toad the Wet Sprocket album
- Wind (ropes) - gather (hair)
- Loop - conductor
- Wind in rings
- Wind in loops
- "... this mortal ___" (Shak.)
- Loop
- Get in a twist about fuel?
- Curl, spiral
- Curl, loop
- Rattlesnake's posture
- Snake's posture
- Series of spiral loops
- Wind up like a snake
- Python shape
- Bedspring shape
- Get around?
- Tesla ___
- Shape of a mattress spring
- Corkscrew's shape
- IUD, by another name
- Corkscrew shape
- Notebook's spine, perhaps
- Tightly wind
- Wind a rope
- Gather into loops
- Shape a snake makes
- Tight spiral
- Run rings around?
- Spring, for one
- Curl
- Spring, essentially
- Kinky curl shape
- Loopy shape
Last Seen In
- New York Times - May 21, 2026
- LA Times - November 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 14, 2025
- LA Times - November 09, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 27, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 18, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 03, 2025
- LA Times - August 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 31, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 06, 2025
- New York Times - January 03, 2025
- LA Times - December 28, 2024
- Daily American - December 19, 2024
- Your Life Choices - November 04, 2024
- LA Times - November 01, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 26, 2024
- Daily American - October 21, 2024
- USA Today - September 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 04, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - August 05, 2024
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