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TAN

3 letters - 16 clues in this collection

TAN is a 3-letter crossword answer with 16 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 761 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

TAN

TAN

3Letters
16Clues in collection
761Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for TAN in this collection

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  • Light brown - used 186 times across 35 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Sunbather's goal - used 78 times across 30 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Brown shade - used 58 times across 27 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Catch some rays - used 57 times across 25 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Sandy color - used 47 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Color. - used 46 times across 24 distinct years, most recently in 1995
  • Summer shade - used 40 times across 23 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • "The Joy Luck Club" author - used 37 times across 20 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Shoe hue - used 36 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Thrash - used 35 times across 24 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Shoe shade - used 27 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Beachgoer's goal - used 25 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Light brown color - used 23 times across 9 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Sun shade? - used 23 times across 20 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • Shade of brown - used 22 times across 9 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Bronze - used 21 times across 13 distinct years, most recently in 2026

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  • TEE - 3 letters, 1,675 combined xd usages, 30 clues in this collection
  • TOO - 3 letters, 1,602 combined xd usages, 13 clues in this collection
  • TEA - 3 letters, 1,336 combined xd usages, 34 clues in this collection
  • TEN - 3 letters, 1,315 combined xd usages, 25 clues in this collection
  • TRA - 3 letters, 1,289 combined xd usages, 15 clues in this collection
  • TNT - 3 letters, 1,270 combined xd usages, 19 clues in this collection
  • TRY - 3 letters, 1,270 combined xd usages, 18 clues in this collection

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