Clues for the word "EELY"
We've had 90 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 336 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on January 19, 2026.
Referring Clues
- Hard to grasp
- Hard to hold
- Slippery
- Serpentlike
- Like elvers
- Wriggling
- Hard to catch
- Squirming
- Hard to pin down
- Sinuous
- Snakelike
- Evasive
- Slimy
- Slithery
- Hard to hold on to
- Wriggly
- Elusive
- Tough to hold
- Conger-like
- Wriggling in the water
- Lamprey-like
- Wriggly and slippery
- Hard to hold down
- Difficult to grasp
- Hard to handle
- Hard to hang on to
- Hard to keep hold of
- Slippery and slimy
- Prone to wriggling
- Tough to catch
- Challenging to corner
- Wriggly, slippery and serpentine
- Slippery and slithery
- Congerlike
- Like a long, slithery fish
- Slippery and snaky
- Elusive, slippery
- Not easy to hang onto
- Tough to get hold of
- Hard to catch, in a way
- Like a conger
- Slimy and serpentine
- Lampreylike
- Wet and snakelike
- Like a moray
- Tough to grasp
- Electric?
- Wet and wriggly
- Slippery like a fish
- Slippery in a fishy way
- Elusive and slippery
- Too slippery and slimy to grasp
- Long and slimy
- Wriggly and hard to grasp
- Long, wet, and snakelike
- Squiggly and wriggly
- Wriggly and slimy
- Serpentine
- Moray-like
- Hard to capture
- Slippery and hard to catch
- Adjective for 51-Across
- Hard to control
- Slippery as a fish
- Tough to get ahold of
- Slithery and slimy
- Hard to grab onto
- Hard to get a grip on
- Difficult to grasp, as an elongated fish
- Evasive and congerlike
- Wriggling and slippery
- Like some sushi bar food
- Sorta fishy, sorta snaky
- It's slippery, see - that's what we hear
- Slick
- Hard to grab hold of
- Like some sushi
- Slippery, in a way
- Long and slippery
- Hard to grasp, say
- Like a conger, e.g.
- Long and undulating
- Hard to handle, in a way
- Elusive, in a way
- Too wiggly to hold
- Wriggly, as a fish
- Elusive, in a sense
- Hard to grasp, in a way
- Too wriggly to get hold of
- Wet and squirmy
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - January 19, 2026
- LA Times - December 21, 2025
- Daily American - December 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 16, 2025
- LA Times - October 13, 2025
- LA Times - September 27, 2025
- LA Times - August 13, 2025
- New York Times - July 07, 2025
- Daily American - June 17, 2025
- LA Times - March 17, 2025
- LA Times - March 05, 2025
- New York Times - November 12, 2024
- New York Times - August 29, 2024
- Daily American - August 19, 2024
- New York Times - July 20, 2024
- LA Times - May 21, 2024
- Daily American - May 16, 2024
- Daily American - March 09, 2024
- Daily American - February 26, 2024
- Daily American - December 20, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - October 11, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - July 08, 2023
- Daily American - June 17, 2023
- New York Times - June 16, 2023
- New York Times - June 10, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 22, 2023
- New York Times - April 17, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 13, 2023
- LA Times - December 06, 2022
- New York Times - November 25, 2022
- And in 306 more crossword puzzles...