Pewter component

The answer

TIN

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TIN answer page.

Used 95 times across 30 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 17 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.

• LEAD (3 uses in xd)

Other clues for TIN

Every other clue in this collection answered by TIN, most used first.

• Light metal - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Can material - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
• 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.

• Cage component - RIB, used 30 times
• Cabin component - LOG, used 24 times
• Psyche component - EGO, used 23 times

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