Can material
The crossword clue "Can material" is answered by TIN, a 3-letter entry. Used 69 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TIN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TIN answer page.
Used 69 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1975. It appears in 12 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ALUMINUM (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by TIN, most used first.
- Pewter component - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Light metal - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
- Stannum - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Sardine container - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Malleable metal - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Cheap metal - used 37 times, most recently in 2023
- Soft metal - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Can metal - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Cookie container - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Badge metal - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Altoids container - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Bolivian export - used 28 times, most recently in 2020
- Metal in pewter - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Tenth anniversary gift - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- "Cat on a Hot ___ Roof" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Bronze component - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Lawn material - SOD, used 117 times
- Genetic material - RNA, used 115 times
- Can. neighbor - USA, used 96 times
- Genetic material - DNA, used 90 times
- Mine material - ORE, used 67 times
- Paving material - TAR, used 64 times
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