Hoops tourney, for short
The crossword clue "Hoops tourney, for short" is answered by NIT, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
NIT
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NIT answer page.
Used 6 times across 4 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NIT
Every other clue in this collection answered by NIT, most used first.
- Little louse - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Petty peeve - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Tiny criticism - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Insect egg - used 30 times, most recently in 2020
- Minor criticism - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Quibble - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Minor complaint - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Small criticism - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Trivial complaint - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Louse egg - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Tiny complaint - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Minor quibble - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Something to pick - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Trivial gripe - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
- Small complaint - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Young louse - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Future louse - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- "Picked" complaint - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Petty complaint - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Louse-to-be - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
- Tiny issue - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Little quibble - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Minor gripe - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- ___-picking (petty) - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Critic's pick? - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Minor peeve - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Coll. hoops competition - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
- ___-picking - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Coll. basketball tourney - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- It may be picked - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Petty criticism - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Small grouse - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Trivial objection - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- It's picked by the picky - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Little thing to pick - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Minor issue - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Small point - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
- Small point to pick - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
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.
- For each - PER, used 391 times
- "For shame!" - TSK, used 208 times
- Back muscle, for short - LAT, used 189 times
- Tit for ___ - TAT, used 189 times
- "For __ a jolly good fellow..." - HES, used 155 times
- Life story, for short - BIO, used 140 times
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