Answer to "Seafood in a shell" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word OYSTER , but the solution may also be CLAM which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).

Seafood in a shell crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
OYSTER	56 %	6
CLAM	22 %	4
SHRIMPTACO	11 %	10
CHERRYSTONECLAM	11 %	15

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Seafood in a shell

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• coquille
• crab
• bones
• clam
• clams
• conch
• mussel
• oyster
• quahog
• scallop
• shellfish
• abalone

Crossword Answer definitions

OYSTER noun

1. Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.
2. The delicate morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
3. A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
4. (by analogy) A person who keeps secrets.
5. A shoplifter.

OYSTER verb

1. To fish for oysters.

OYSTER adjective

1. Of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result OYSTER

• Kind of cracker
• Stew morsel
• Hard-shell treat
• ___ crackers
• Mother of pearl?
• Grayish-white
• Edible bivalve
• Bed bivalve
• Raw bar item
• Pearl maker

More clues leading to the result CLAM

• "B.C." currency unit
• Bivalve mollusk
• Close-mouthed one
• Close-mouthed type
• Happy mollusk?
• Seafood item
• Cherrystone, for one
• Chowder ingredient
• Nontalkative one
• Smacker

More clues leading to the result SHRIMPTACO

• Seafood in a shell
• Seafood snack in a shell
• Tex-Mex seafood item in a 39-Across

More clues leading to the result CHERRYSTONECLAM

• Raw bar purchase
• Small quahog
• Seafood in a shell
• Seafood item
• Appetizer tidbit
• Half-grown quahog
• Raw bar item (with money back)
• Fruity raw bar item