Number of Supreme Court justices

The answer

NINE

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NINE answer page.

Used 13 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 10 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.

• OPENPARENTHESIS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for NINE

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

• Baseball team - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Prime-time hour - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Supreme Court count - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Three squared - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Muse count - used 32 times, most recently in 2024
• Number of Muses - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Supreme Court complement - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
• Midmorning - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Highest sudoku digit - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Three hours before noon - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Largest digit - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Sayers' "The __ Tailors" - used 15 times, most recently in 2007
• The whole ___ yards - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Clementine's shoe size - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Diamond complement - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Low card in pinochle - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Morning hour - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Prime time. - used 12 times, most recently in 2004
• Evening hour - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• "... in the pot, ___ days old" - used 11 times, most recently in 2012
• Diamond number - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
• Ennead - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Five after four - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• Mudville number - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Workday start for many - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
• First digit in a California zip code - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Lowest card in pinochle - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Lowest pinochle card - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Midmorning hour - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Mudville complement - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Muses count - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Prime-time time - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• "A stitch in time saves ___" - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Ball team - used 8 times, most recently in 1975
• Diamond group - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Love potion's number - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Square root of 81 - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Supreme Court number - used 8 times, most recently in 2008
• The Muses. - used 8 times, most recently in 1966
• Baseball number - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Cloud number - used 7 times, most recently in 2007
• Half a golf course - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Highest digit - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• IX - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Muse number - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
• Small square - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Ted Williams wore it - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Three square - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Cloud ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Highest sudoku number - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Musical based on a Fellini film - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• On cloud ___ - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• On cloud __ (elated) - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• September's number - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Three threes - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• When many doors open - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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.

• Took to court - SUED, used 187 times
• Takes to court - SUES, used 182 times
• Court order - WRIT, used 106 times
• Tennis court dividers - NETS, used 50 times
• Round number? - ZERO, used 48 times
• Large number - SLEW, used 47 times

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