Clues for the word "SHOAL"
We've had 69 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 161 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on October 12, 2026.
Definition of shoal
- n. - A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng; -- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass.
- v. i. - To assemble in a multitude; to throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place.
- a. - Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.
- n. - A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, etc., is shallow; a shallow.
- n. - A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
- v. i. - To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.
- v. t. - To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep.
Referring Clues
- Sand bar
- Bar
- Sandbar
- Sandbank site
- School of fish
- Riverboat danger
- River hazard
- Keel scraper
- Underwater sandbank
- Sailing hazard
- Navigation hazard
- Spit, e.g.
- Bar where sailors may stop
- Sandbank
- Keel killer
- Helmsman's challenge
- Shallow sea area
- Riverboat hazard
- Snorkeling site
- Hazard to navigation
- Place to run aground
- Stretch of shallow water
- Bar in the water
- Bar that's hazardous to sailers
- Bar that's hazardous to sailors
- Coastal feature
- Tideland
- Nautical hazard
- Group of herrings
- Shallows
- Area of shallow water
- Large school of fish
- Low tide sight, often
- Reef
- Marine hazard
- Shoreline peril
- Submerged ridge
- Maritime hazard
- Boating hazard
- Sandbank formation
- Large group of fish
- Swimming school
- Bank that's underwater
- Back country without hospital? 9, 10 and 11 other answers might make it
- Lash out with ring in school
- Skimboarding hazard
- Bar that might be dangerous
- A lot of fish where the water is shallow
- Navigational hazard
- Shallow area
- Underwater hazard
- Sailor's hazard
- Sandbank in water
- Place to snorkel
- Submerged bank
- Group of swimmers in shallow water
- Bar you don't want to hit
- Possible bow breaker
- Shoreline hazard
- Many swimmers love to lash out wildly!
- Group of fish
- River's sand bar
- Sight at low tide
- Shipwreck site
- Large mass of swimming fish
- Underwater bank
- Mussel habitat
- Wet bar?
- Certain water hazard
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - October 12, 2026
- Daily American - August 10, 2026
- Daily American - July 03, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - June 20, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - June 09, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 23, 2026
- Daily American - March 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - March 09, 2026
- LA Times - March 07, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 27, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 04, 2025
- New York Times - October 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 10, 2025
- New York Times - August 10, 2025
- New York Times - July 13, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - December 09, 2024
- New York Times - November 16, 2024
- LA Times - October 08, 2024
- LA Times - September 03, 2024
- Daily American - August 09, 2024
- Daily American - July 02, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - June 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 28, 2024
- Daily American - March 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 18, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 13, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 10, 2023
- And in 131 more crossword puzzles...