Stinging cold.

The answer

NIP

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

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Light bite - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• 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.

• "It's c-c-cold!" - BRR, used 60 times
• Cold and damp - RAW, used 50 times
• "It's cold!" - BRR, used 40 times
• Cold cubes - ICE, used 23 times
• "It's cold in here!" - BRR, used 21 times
• Stinging insect - BEE, used 21 times

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