Recycle bin item

The answer

CAN

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

Used 8 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Paint container - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• 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
• 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

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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.

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• "Ich bin ___ Berliner" - EIN, used 89 times
• "___ bin ein Berliner" - ICH, used 86 times
• Galley item - OAR, used 53 times
• Nest item - EGG, used 52 times
• Ball-bearing item - TEE, used 51 times

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