Clues for the word "SHELL"
We've had 137 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 203 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on February 12, 2026.
Definition of shell
- n. - A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
- n. - The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell.
- n. - A pod.
- n. - The hard covering of an egg.
- n. - The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like.
- n. - Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering.
- n. - A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.
- n. - The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms.
- n. - Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house.
- n. - A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one.
- n. - An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.
- n. - An engraved copper roller used in print works.
- n. - The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.
- n. - The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
- n. - A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell.
- v. t. - To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters.
- v. t. - To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk.
- v. t. - To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town.
- v. i. - To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
- v. i. - To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling.
- v. i. - To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping.
Referring Clues
- Carapace
- Beach souvenir
- Clam's home
- Part of some pastries
- Beach memento
- Turtle cover
- Find at the beach
- Turtle's covering
- Hard case
- Bermuda memento, perhaps
- Pasta shape
- Bullet casing
- Exxon rival
- Pearl protector
- Clambake discard
- Clam cover
- Seaside souvenir
- Shore souvenir
- Oyster-shucking discard
- Oyster cloister?
- Beachcomber's find
- Bit of pasta
- Turtle's enclosure
- Beach find
- Snail feature
- Snail's protection
- Hard cover
- Mollusk's exoskeleton
- Pasta piece
- Royal Dutch ___
- Cowrie cover
- Beach home?
- Turtle's "home"
- Prop for a crooked game
- Nut case
- Combing attraction?
- Combing find
- It covers your nut
- Beach vacation souvenir
- Turtle's protection
- Hatchling's former home
- Pistachio part
- Pie case
- Nut case?
- Nut part
- Band ___ (saucer-shaped stadium)
- Turtle covering
- Taco exterior
- Yellow-and-red gas station symbol
- Hard outercase
- Beach house?
- Manitoba's White ______
- Pasta bit
- Outer covering
- Casing
- Snail coverer
- Henley boat
- Peanut cover
- Hermit crab's home
- Part of a beach house collection
- Prepare shrimp
- Narrow boat
- Pay, with "out"
- Exxon alternative
- Coxswain's command
- Egg exterior
- Conch condo
- M&M's exterior
- Oyster's protection
- Big name at the pumps
- Clam's case
- Missile that may be found on the beach
- Case (5)
- Snail's feature
- Beach memento, sometimes
- You come out of it when you rock out
- Explosive projectile
- Outside of an egg
- Mortar missile
- Woman will fire shots from large gun
- That woman will be a hard case!
- Projectile
- She has £50 to pay out!
- Characteristic feature of crustacean
- Magazine article for oil company?
- Outer covering of 1 across, say
- See 18
- Attack lines ending novel
- Tortoise's home
- Protective outer casing
- Case put under fire
- Explosive device found on the beach
- Pastry exterior
- Light racing boat
- Hard covering
- Gun cartridge
- Conch, for example
- She will shortly give out the money
- Crust
- Outer covering of an egg
- Hard outer case
- Beach house?
- Thimblerig object (and a link to 17- and 59-Across and 11- and 29-Down)
- Unfilled pie crust
- Case husband found in market
- Peanut's protector
- Metaphor for an introvert's demeanor
- She will shortly show a hard exterior
- Snail's home
- Covering
- Sea item sold by 39-Down, in a tongue-twister
- Mussels marinara discard
- For protective cover, she has £50
- Narrow racing boat
- Hard cover, often?
- Oyster's "home"
- She will prepare the peas
- Beach home?
- Mollusk's home
- Seashore souvenir
- Covering for a peanut
- Conch, e.g.
- ___ shock
- Seashore find
- Conch or puka, e.g.
- Hermit crab's protection
- A shore thing
- She has £50 to pay out!
- Snail's enclosure
- Bit of beach house decor
- Beach day souvenir
- A hard case
- Mobile home?
- Mussel feature
- Prominent part of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle costume
- For protective cover, she has 50lb
- Pistachio eater's discard
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 12, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 09, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - December 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 01, 2025
- New York Times - November 09, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 01, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 06, 2025
- LA Times - September 08, 2025
- Your Life Choices - May 29, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - April 12, 2025
- New York Times - January 14, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 31, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 27, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 09, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - December 06, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 04, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - July 28, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 25, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 24, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 16, 2024
- Mirror Mini - July 15, 2024
- Mirror Daily - June 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 15, 2024
- New York Times - May 02, 2024
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