Crossword clues - Answer
TIE
TIE is a 3-letter crossword answer with 21 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 1,169 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TIE
TIE
3Letters
21Clues in collection
1,169Combined 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 TIE in this collection
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- Even score - used 203 times across 33 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Dead heat - used 171 times across 42 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Draw - used 124 times across 50 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- No-win situation - used 81 times across 27 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Reason for overtime - used 60 times across 25 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Cravat - used 56 times across 32 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Deadlock - used 50 times across 30 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Suit accessory - used 49 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Connection - used 48 times across 28 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Bind - used 39 times across 24 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Overtime cause - used 37 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Reason for extra innings - used 29 times across 16 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- Bond - used 28 times across 27 distinct years, most recently in 2024
- Foulard - used 27 times across 20 distinct years, most recently in 1996
- Four-in-hand - used 27 times across 21 distinct years, most recently in 2003
- Stalemate - used 26 times across 19 distinct years, most recently in 2025
- Father's Day gift - used 24 times across 15 distinct years, most recently in 2026
- 20-20, e.g. - used 23 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2024
- Ascot - used 23 times across 20 distinct years, most recently in 2016
- Link - used 22 times across 18 distinct years, most recently in 2015
- Standoff - used 22 times across 17 distinct years, most recently in 2009
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