Part of a barbecued "rack"

The answer

RIB

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2015. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SPARERIB (1 uses in xd)

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
• One in a cage - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• 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

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• Part of TGIF - ITS, used 200 times
• Part of RSVP - SIL, used 192 times
• Sock part - TOE, used 175 times
• Bikini part - BRA, used 145 times
• Play part - ACT, used 135 times
• Part of UCLA - LOS, used 122 times

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