Game with matchsticks
The crossword clue "Game with matchsticks" is answered by NIM, a 3-letter entry. Used 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NIM
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NIM answer page.
Used 21 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NIM
Every other clue in this collection answered by NIM, most used first.
- Matchsticks game - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Matchstick-removing game - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
- Pick-up-sticks game - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Matchstick counting game - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Take-away game - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Takeaway game - 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.
- Stephen of "The Crying Game" - REA, used 205 times
- With it - HIP, used 149 times
- Prefix with center - EPI, used 134 times
- Card game - LOO, used 127 times
- Playground game - TAG, used 118 times
- Simple card game - WAR, used 118 times
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