Earth is the best-known example of this type of spheroid Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Earth is the best-known example of this type of spheroid last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is OBLATE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OBLATE Earth is the best-known example of this type of spheroid (6) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 17, 2019
2% ILK Type (3) LA Times Daily Oct 16, 2025
2% ONEUPS Bests (6) LA Times Daily Oct 15, 2025
2% TESTED Known to be effective (6) Wall Street Journal Oct 15, 2025
2% GOLLUM Middle-earth character also known as Sméagol (6) The Times Specialist Oct 13, 2025
2% INSTANCE Example (8) The Times Sunday Concise Oct 12, 2025
2% NEE Previously known as (3) New York Times Oct 12, 2025
2% SAY For example (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 8, 2025
2% GEOL Earth sci. (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 7, 2025
2% TANS Earth tones (4) Thomas Joseph Oct 7, 2025

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