The whole ___ yards

The answer

NINE

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

Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Number of Supreme Court justices - used 13 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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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