Paint container

The answer

CAN

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

Used 16 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 5 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.

• SPRAYCAN (3 uses in xd)
• PAIL (1 uses in xd)
• PALETTE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for CAN

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

• Fire - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
• Is able to - used 96 times, most recently in 2026
• Soup container - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Preserve - used 44 times, most recently in 2025
• Soda container - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Soup buy - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Container - used 29 times, most recently in 2000
• Recyclable item - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Paint buy - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Preserve, in a way - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Send packing - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Pink-slip - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Half a dance - used 18 times, most recently in 2017
• Is able - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Soup holder - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Spam holder - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Tuna container - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Campbell's container - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Sack - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Corn holder - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Metal container - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Beer container - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Recyclable container - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Soda holder - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Six-pack component - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• When doubled, a dance - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Beans buy - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Cylindrical container - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Let go - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Pantry item - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Tuna holder - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Axe - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Deep-six - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Food drive donation - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Has the ability to - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Has the wherewithal - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Pokey - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Ax - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Beer holder - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Dismiss - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Hoosegow - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Recycle bin item - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Corn container - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Dump - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Give the ax - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Give the ax to - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Know how to. - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Recycled item - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Tin - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Worm container - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• All-you-___-eat - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Cooler - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Film holder - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Give a pink slip to - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Give the boot - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Know how - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "No-do" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Positive thinker's word - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Recycling candidate - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Something to recycle - used 6 times, most recently in 2008

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.

• Day-___ paint - GLO, used 83 times
• Recycling container - BIN, used 73 times
• Coffee container - URN, used 62 times
• Storage container - BIN, used 62 times
• Cookie container - JAR, used 49 times
• Silly Putty container - EGG, used 47 times

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