The Clue
Plumber's tools (6 letter answer)
The Answer
SNAKES
Tags
Notes
The answer SNAKES is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Ophidians
Winds
Bushmaster and mamba
Caduceus creatures
Pit dwellers
Plumbers' cables
Plumbing tools
Plumbers' drain openers
Some are racers
Krait and fer-de-lance
Definition
SNAKE as a noun:
1. (snake, serpent, ophidian) = limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
2. (snake, snake in the grass) = a deceitful or treacherous person
3. (Snake, Snake River) = a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
4. (Hydra, Snake) = a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
5. something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake
SNAKE as a verb:
1. move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
2. form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the valley"
3. move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the jungle"