The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word COCKLE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2007.
Certain shell crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| COCKLE | 67 % | 6 |
| SCALLOP | 33 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Certain shell
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cockle
- scallop
- valve
- area
- armour
- tortoiseshell
- capsule
- hard-shell
- jacket
- nacre
- operculum
- crescent
Crossword Answer definitions
COCKLE noun- Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
- The shell of such a mollusk.
- (in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
- (directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
- (by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
- The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
- The fire chamber of a furnace.
- A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
- The dome of a heating furnace.
- To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.
- Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).
- A £10 note; a tenner.
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