The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SNAILS which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2011.
Whelk and periwinkle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SNAILS | 100 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Whelk and periwinkle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- snail
- winkle
- ruffle
- ruffled
- clam
- buckie
- carbuncle
- conch
- mollusk
- seasnail
- welk
- wheal
Crossword Answer definitions
SNAILS noun- Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
- (by extension) A slow person; a sluggard.
- 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.
- A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
- The pod of the snail clover.
- To move or travel very slowly.
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