The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NACRE , but the solution may also be ABALONE which is one of the most recent solution (2001 in Newsday).
Shellfish crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NACRE | 23 % | 5 |
| CLAM | 19 % | 4 |
| CRAB | 13 % | 4 |
| ABALONE | 6 % | 7 |
| WHELK | 3 % | 5 |
| SHRIMP | 3 % | 6 |
| MUSSEL | 3 % | 6 |
| PRAWNS | 3 % | 6 |
| LIMPETS | 3 % | 7 |
| COCKLE | 3 % | 6 |
| NACRES | 3 % | 6 |
| TRITON | 3 % | 6 |
| OYSTERS | 3 % | 7 |
| COCKLES | 3 % | 7 |
| MOLLUSK | 3 % | 7 |
| LIMPET | 3 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shellfish
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- mollusk
- mollusc
- abalone
- clam
- mussel
- bivalve
- murex
- crustacean
- seafood
- fishes
- shell
- haddock
Crossword Answer definitions
NACRE noun- A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl.
- A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl.
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 NACRE
- Abalone-shell liner
- Mother-of-pearl
- Oyster irritant
- Shell's pearly layer
- Mother of pearl
- Shiny lining
- Inlay material
- Pearl necklace covering
- Button material
- Oyster shell interior
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 CRAB
- Blue, stone or fiddler
- Complain, needlessly
- Grumpy person
- Bellyache
- Fiddler, for one
- Grouch
- Grump
- Grumpy one
- Curmudgeon
- Tasty cake?
More clues leading to the result ABALONE
- Mother-of-pearl source
- Popular shellfish
- Mother-of-pearl maker
- Nacre maker
- Ear shell
- It has an ear-shaped shell
- Edible mollusk
- Mother-of-pearl mollusk
- Otter meal
- Conch cousin
More clues leading to the result WHELK
- Marine snail
- Sea snail
- Gastropod with a spiral shell
- Spiral-shelled critter
- Spiral-shelled snail
- Spiral-shelled mollusk
- Large marine snail.
- Marine snail.
- Periwinkle.
- Spiral-shelled snail.
More clues leading to the result SHRIMP
- Tempura morsel
- Popular buffet item
- Part of a seafood salad
- Butterfly serving
- Seafood served butterflied
- Oxymoronically, it may be jumbo
- Egg roll filling
- Kabob item
- "Popcorn" shellfish
- Trawler's catch
More clues leading to the result MUSSEL
- Clam relative
- Shellfish
- Shellfish sometimes served with marinara sauce
- Mighty mollusk?
- Shore dinner morsel
- Freshwater mollusk
- Mollusk often served marinara
- Clam's cousin
- Bivalve.
- Shell fish.
More clues leading to the result PRAWNS
- Jumbo shrimp
- Seafood selection
- Seafood entree
- Some scampi
- Large shrimps
- Shrimps' relatives
- Shrimplike crustaceans
- Seafood order
- Edible decapods
- Shellfish order
More clues leading to the result LIMPETS
- Conch cousins
- Clinging gastropods.
- Shellfish.
- Clinging mollusks
- Rock-clinging marine gastropods
- Marine mollusks that cling to rocks
- Clingy mollusks
More clues leading to the result COCKLE
More clues leading to the result NACRES
- Shell liners
- Pearly layers
- Buttonmakers' materials
- Mollusk shell materials
- Abalone products
- Button substances
- Pearly shellfishes.
- Layers of shells.
- Shellfish.
- Shellfish yielding mother-of-pearl.
More clues leading to the result TRITON
- Moon of Neptune
- Merman of myth
- Poseidon's son
- Neptunian moon
- Neptune's largest moon
- Largest of Neptune's moons
- Spiral-shelled mollusk
- The Little Mermaid's dad
- Neptune moon
- Colorful seashell
More clues leading to the result OYSTERS
- The first blank in the seafood restaurant sign "___ ___ season"
- Occupants of a bed
- They may give you pearls
- Bed sitters?
- Rockefeller dish?
- ___ Rockefeller
- Shellfish selection
- Food found at a bar
- Shellfish offerings at a bar
- Mollusks that might be served "Rockefeller"
More clues leading to the result COCKLES
More clues leading to the result MOLLUSK
- Hooker shelled husky gastropod (7)
- Oyster or clam
- Clam, for one
- 54-Down, e.g.
- Shellfish
- Snail, for one
- Conch or oyster, e.g.
- Jingle shell, e.g.
- Clam, oyster or mussel.
- Whelk or limpet.