This, that or the other

The answer

ANY

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

Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 7 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.

• ANYTHING (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ANY

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

• Whichever - used 274 times, most recently in 2026
• One or more - used 176 times, most recently in 2026
• Whatever - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
• Some - used 123 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ takers?" - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ questions?" - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Even one - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ luck?" - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Whatever amount - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• At all - used 61 times, most recently in 2021
• Whatever number - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• "Pick a card, ___ card" - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Some amount of - used 46 times, most recently in 2025
• At least one - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ day now ..." - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ port in a storm" - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• "Have you ___ wool?" - used 38 times, most recently in 2025
• Unspecified amount - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Unspecified number - used 30 times, most recently in 2024
• Indefinite amount - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ ideas?" - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Vague quantity - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ Given Sunday" - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• No matter which - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• "Take your pick" - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Vague amount - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• No particular one - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ news?" - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• One or another - used 18 times, most recently in 2010
• Even a little - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Shania Twain's "___ Man of Mine" - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• "Press ___ key to continue" - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• More than none - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "Doesn't matter which" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ volunteers?" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Choice word - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Nonspecific amount - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• "__ minute now" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• __ minute now (very soon) - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• None in particular - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ objections?" - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ thoughts?" - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Undefined amount - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• "... a rose by ___ other name ..." - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "Is it ___ wonder?" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ more bright ideas?" - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• To some extent - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ way you slice it ..." - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• __ day now; pretty soon - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• __ day now (soon) - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ Given Sunday" (Al Pacino football film) - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Random choice - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• Unspecific number - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Whatever quantity - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Without limit - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
• "Your choice" - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• At ___ rate - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "In ___ case ..." - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Indeterminate amount - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Not none - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Random selection - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Some amount - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "Unsafe at ___ Speed" (Ralph Nader book) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ which way - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Whichever you want - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Your pick of - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• A single one - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• "Are there __ questions?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• "___ calls?" - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
• __ day now (very soon) - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "Don't get ___ ideas" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Even the slightest - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• More than zero - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Not a picky specification - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
• Unmeasured amount - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Unspecified quantity - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• In the past - AGO, used 1,064 times
• In the style of - ALA, used 784 times
• Under the weather - ILL, used 536 times
• "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
• To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
• In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times

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