The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HULKS which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2002.
Rusted-out shells crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HULKS | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Rusted-out shells
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- shell
- shirr
- castanets
- apple rust
- cedar-apple rust
- gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae
- ate
- eaten
- oxidize
- rusty
- iron
- irons
Crossword Answer definitions
HULKS noun- A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of rigging and equipment, and often put to other uses such as storage or accommodation.
- Any large ship that is difficult to maneuver.
- A large structure with a dominating presence.
- A big (and possibly clumsy) person.
- An excessively muscled person.
- To reduce (a ship) to a (nonfunctional) hulk.
- To be a hulk, a large (hulking) and often imposing presence.
- To move (one's large, hulking body).
- To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.
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