Light bite

The answer

NIP

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2018; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 2 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.

• NOSH (12 uses in xd)
• NIBBLE (2 uses in xd)
• SNACK (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for NIP

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

• Pinch - used 87 times, most recently in 2026
• Tuck's partner - used 76 times, most recently in 2021
• Puppy's bite - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Chill in the air - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Wee bite - used 39 times, most recently in 2022
• Small bite - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
• Chill - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Tiny bite - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Tiny taste - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Little bite - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Small drink - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Playful bite - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Quick drink - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Touch of frost - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Winter air quality - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Barely beat - used 21 times, most recently in 2017
• Short snort - used 20 times, most recently in 2016
• ___ in the bud - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Bite. - used 17 times, most recently in 2018
• Quick bite - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
• Puppy bite - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Tuck partner - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
• Little drink - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Tuck's companion. - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
• Bit of brandy - used 13 times, most recently in 2021
• ___ and tuck - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
• Quick taste - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Bite playfully - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Tang - used 11 times, most recently in 2014
• Barely defeat - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Piquancy - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• "___/Tuck" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Autumn air quality - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Bit of a bite - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Bit of booze - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Beat by a hair - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Bitty bite - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Frost's bite - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Small swig - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
• Stinging cold. - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Briskness - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Cold air quality - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Edge - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Sip from a flask - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Small drink of liquor - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Snort - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Touch of Jack Frost - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Wee drink - used 6 times, most recently in 2017

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.

• Light brown - TAN, used 186 times
• Had a bite - ATE, used 184 times
• Beam of light - RAY, used 94 times
• Have a bite - EAT, used 92 times
• Light metal - TIN, used 76 times
• Light touch - PAT, used 68 times

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