SNAIL
What does "SNAIL" mean?
A slow-moving soft-bodied mollusc that carries a coiled spiral shell on its back.
Meanings
- A gastropod mollusc with a single coiled shell into which it can withdraw. A snail left a silver trail across the path.
- A slow or sluggish person or thing. The download crawled along at a snail's pace. figurative
Did you know?
- A garden snail's mouth holds a ribbon-like radula carrying thousands of microscopic teeth, which it uses to rasp food like a tiny conveyor belt of files.
Word origin
From Old English 'snægl', a snail, from Proto-Germanic 'snagilaz', a diminutive related to words for creeping; cognate with German 'Schnecke'.
Remember it
A SNAIL is a SNAKE that carries a tail-home - swap the K-E for an L and add a shell.
A little poem
After the warm rain-
the snail measures the whole wall
in patient silver.
haiku
Wordplay
- A snail got robbed by two turtles. The police asked what happened; he said, 'It all happened so fast.'
What it teaches
Carry your whole house if you must, but never let it talk you out of moving.
Quick facts
What does SNAIL mean?
A slow-moving soft-bodied mollusc that carries a coiled spiral shell on its back.
Is SNAIL a valid word?
Yes — SNAIL is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SNAIL?
SNAIL has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SNAIL come from?
From Old English 'snægl', a snail, from Proto-Germanic 'snagilaz', a diminutive related to words for creeping; cognate with German 'Schnecke'.
What can SNAIL teach us?
Carry your whole house if you must, but never let it talk you out of moving.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.