Bone in a cage
The crossword clue "Bone in a cage" is answered by RIB, a 3-letter entry. Used 44 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
RIB
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the RIB answer page.
Used 44 times across 17 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 18 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for RIB
Every other clue in this collection answered by RIB, most used first.
- Umbrella part - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
- Chest bone - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Curved bone - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Vault part - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Cage component - used 30 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- "La Cage ___ Folles" - AUX, used 35 times
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