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Tease

Answer: RIB - 3 letters

The crossword clue "Tease" is answered by RIB, a 3-letter entry. Used 207 times across 45 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 30 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

RIB

RIB

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

207Times used
45Distinct years
2026Most recent year
30Publications

Used 207 times across 45 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 30 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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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
  • 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

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.

  • Tease - KID, used 80 times

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