One in a cage

The answer

RIB

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2011. It appears in 5 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.

• Tease - used 207 times, most recently in 2026
• Umbrella part - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Chest bone - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
• Poke fun at - used 56 times, most recently in 2026
• Kid - used 45 times, most recently in 2024
• Bone in a cage - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Curved bone - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Josh - used 36 times, most recently in 2023
• Vault part - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Cage component - used 30 times, most recently in 2020
• Barbecue bit - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Chest protector - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Needle - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Umbrella spoke - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Barbecue offering - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Spare part? - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Barbecue morsel - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Make fun of - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Razz - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Adam's donation - used 12 times, most recently in 2007
• Corduroy feature - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Bit of barbecue - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Eve's origin - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Bone. - used 9 times, most recently in 1968
• "Adam's ___" (Spencer Tracy/Katharine Hepburn film) - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Eve, originally - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Eve's genesis - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Messy barbecue morsel - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Adam's contribution - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Beef cut - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Leaf vein - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Messy morsel at a barbecue - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a cage - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Prime ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Umbrella stiffener - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Part of a barbecued "rack" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• One ___ time - ATA, used 188 times
• One or more - ANY, used 176 times
• Little one - TOT, used 169 times
• Sgt., for one - NCO, used 95 times
• King Kong, for one - APE, used 93 times
• Hole in one - ACE, used 91 times

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