Clues for the word "SNAIL"
We've had 201 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 434 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on January 22, 2026.
Definition of snail
- n. - Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail.
- n. - Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail.
- n. - Hence, a drone; a slow-moving person or thing.
- n. - A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.
- n. - A tortoise; in ancient warfare, a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers; a testudo.
- n. - The pod of the sanil clover.
Referring Clues
- Escargot
- Slowpoke
- Slow mover
- Aquarium scavenger
- Sluggard
- No racer
- Kind of mail
- Poke
- Symbol of slowness
- Mobile home dweller
- Creeper
- Creepy one?
- Antenna holder?
- Unlikely race winner
- Mollusk with a spiral shell
- Fishbowl cleaner, perhaps
- "Mobile home" dweller
- Slow critter
- Slowpoke embodiment
- Whelk relative
- Periwinkle, e.g.
- ___ mail
- Gastronome's gastropod
- Aquarium cleaner, perhaps
- Periwinkle, for one
- Slow-moving mollusk
- Pokiness paradigm
- Wintertime hibernator
- Slow mollusk
- ___ mail
- Caiman lizard's snack
- Poky one
- Mollusk often found swimming in garlic
- Slower kind of mail
- Slow-moving creature
- Slug kin
- Garden gastropod
- Slow gastropod
- Epitome of slowness
- ___ mail (e-mail alternative)
- Mobile home dweller?
- Sluggishness icon
- Terrestrial mollusk
- Sluggish sort?
- Aquarium cleaner
- Creepy thing?
- Symbol of sluggishness
- It has a mobile home
- Sluggish one
- Exemplar of slowness
- Mollusk moving like molasses
- Spiral-shelled creature
- Slow-paced critter
- Edible gastropod
- Slow traveler
- Slowness standard
- Slowness symbol
- Stereotypically slow sort
- Slow creature
- Mollusk that moves like molasses
- ___ mail
- Garden mollusk
- Slow-moving gastropod
- Slug with a shell
- Natural slowpoke
- Sluggish sort
- Aquarium pest
- Aquarium denizen
- Common mollusk
- Creature with one foot
- Slow-moving one
- Gourmet delicacy
- Spiral-shelled mollusk
- Slow garden critter
- Slow person
- Slow racer
- Fishtank pest
- One in a mobile home?
- Sluggish animal
- It carries a shell
- Shelled garden denizen
- Gastropod mollusk
- Slowpoke with a shell
- One with home protection?
- Pond mollusk
- Slow-moving critter
- One who lives in a shell
- Gastropod for a gourmet
- Slug relative
- Appetizer served with a two-pronged fork
- Slow pacesetter
- Metaphor for slowness
- Dry land mollusk
- Animal with mobile home
- Mail lead-in
- Mobile home resident?
- Spiral-shaped sweet roll, out west
- Mail modifier
- Slug cousin
- Delicacy usually eaten as an appetizer
- Slowpoke in a shell
- Dawdler
- Sluggish individual
- Slow-moving creature in a shell
- Slowpoke that just creeps along
- Little slimy creeper
- Poky little creature with a shell
- Garden pest
- Trail-leaving gastropod
- A very slow pacer
- Sluggish type
- E alternative?
- Mollusk
- Very slow garden pest
- Creepy-crawly mollusk
- Animal associated with the Postal Service?
- Poles suffer under slowcoach
- It leaves a trail
- ___ mail (email alternative)
- Slow little creature
- Smashing Pumpkins' slow song?
- Proverbially slow moving mollusc
- Type of fan mail
- Type of mail for some fan letters
- Crawler whose home has a helix pattern
- Mollusc
- Sluggish person - kind of mail
- 28's food item taking seconds to secure
- One is slow to circumnavigate the North Pole!
- 21 7's creation, time which goes slowly?
- But it's not slow, to give trouble at certain points
- Pest that means trouble to the Poles
- Slow-moving 12
- Pest that will move smoothly around the bottom of the garden
- It moves sluggishly
- Home supporter catches cycling
- Terrarium dweller
- Slow-moving garden pest
- One moving house in no hurry
- Knight in voyage that isn't quick
- Bob, Brad and Brian on television
- Carol's about to catch vehicle up in curious event
- Algae consumer
- Metaphorical dawdler
- Sloth, part Brazilian, sleeping upside down
- Poles suffer from exponent of go-slow
- Lisa Simpson's right about slow person
- Slow-moving animal in a shell
- Dweller in an asymmetrical shell
- Slow animal in a shell
- Slimy creature
- Small fastener for slow mover
- Gourmet gastropod
- Wentletrap or periwinkle
- Slowness embodied
- Edible mollusc from the east in Italian soup
- Slug's cousin
- Though slow, it'll go smoothly round the point
- Conflicting points trouble the slowcoach
- Slow shell-dweller
- Aquarium gastropod
- Animal with small spike
- Shell dweller
- Creeping critter
- Is its shell as hard as nails, maybe?
- Creature that leaves a slimy trail
- Does it glide round the end of the garden?
- It goes at its own pace
- Though slow, can confuse most villains
- One leaving a trail
- Slimy garden creature
- Member of the genus Helix
- Gastropod associated with traditional mail
- Slimy trail producer
- Poles having trouble with garden pest
- It's slow to glide round the end of the garden
- Slow boat trip around mid-morning
- Shell-clad crawler
- Slow voyage round the pole
- Slow garden creature
- Word before shell or mail
- Shell mover
- Creeping creature
- Shelled creature with a slimy trail
- Animal whose teeth are the strongest substance in the natural world
- SpongeBob's pet Gary, for one
- Algae-eating aquarium critter
- "What did the ___ say when it was riding on the back of a turtle? Wheeeee!"
- Slimy creature with a shell
- Gastropod for gastronomes
- A pest with two ways to cause trouble
- SpongeBob's pet Gary is one
- Slow, slimy animal
- Spiral-shelled gastropod
- Slimy creeper
- Pet that may have an ironic name like Turbo or Speedy
- Mollusk in a shell
- Garden creeper
- SpongeBob's pet, for one
- Mollusk that's a symbol of slowness
- Creature that moves at an average speed of 0.03 miles per hour
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 22, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 19, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 16, 2026
- New York Times - January 13, 2026
- LA Times - December 14, 2025
- Daily American - December 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 25, 2025
- LA Times - October 13, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 04, 2025
- LA Times - August 17, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 06, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 28, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - July 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 08, 2025
- Daily American - June 19, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 15, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 27, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 20, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 02, 2025
- Daily American - February 18, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 08, 2025
- LA Times - January 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 15, 2025
- LA Times - January 05, 2025
- Your Life Choices - December 19, 2024
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