Can opener
The crossword clue "Can opener" is answered by POPTAB, a 6-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
POPTAB
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the POPTAB answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2013. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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.
- Play opener - ACTONE, used 30 times
- Carol opener - ADESTE, used 19 times
- You can count on it - ABACUS, used 19 times
- Act opener - SCENEI, used 16 times
- "I can ___" - RELATE, used 13 times
- "You can say that again!" - ANDHOW, used 10 times
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