Circumference

The answer

RIM

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

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1946. It appears in 4 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.

• GIRTH (33 uses in xd)
• AMBIT (28 uses in xd)
• PERIMETER (3 uses in xd)
• COMPASS (1 uses in xd)
• PERIPHERY (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for RIM

Every other clue in this collection answered by RIM, most used first.

• Edge - used 175 times, most recently in 2026
• Brink - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Crater part - used 62 times, most recently in 2026
• Lip - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Outer edge - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Canyon edge - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Border - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Backboard attachment - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Edge of a glass - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Canyon's edge - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Wheel part - used 28 times, most recently in 2023
• Curved edge - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
• Crater edge - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Margin - used 24 times, most recently in 2008
• Crater's edge - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Salted part of a margarita glass - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Pacific ___ - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Periphery - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Cup edge - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Basketball net holder - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Crater feature - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Basketball hoop - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Glass edge - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Flange - used 16 times, most recently in 2006
• Part of a basketball hoop - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Canyon feature - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a crater - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
• Edge of a canyon - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Net holder - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Part of a wheel. - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Salty spot on a margarita glass - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Grand Canyon viewing area - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Grand Canyon viewing spot - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Outer limit - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Salty part of a margarita glass - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Hoop edge - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Hoops hoop - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Perimeter - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• ___ shot - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Circular edge - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Cup part - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Glass part - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Overflow point - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Tire holder - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Tire support - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Volcano feature - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Canyon area - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Edge of a hoop - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Lens holder - used 6 times, most recently in 2022

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.

• Circumference segment - ARC, used 13 times
• Circumference section - ARC, used 10 times
• Part of a circumference - ARC, used 7 times

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