The Clue
Prepared shrimp (7 letter answer)
The Answer
SHELLED
Tags
Notes
The answer SHELLED is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
SHELL as a verb:
1. (blast, shell) = use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"
2. fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled"
3. hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"
4. look for and collect shells by the seashore
5. (beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish) = come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
6. remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"
7. (husk, shell) = remove the husks from; "husk corn"
SHELLED as an adjective:
1. of animals or fruits that have a shell