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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 2014; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• Circumference - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Cup part - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Glass part - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• 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.

• Compass point. - ENE, used 222 times
• Compass point. - SSE, used 160 times
• Pen point - NIB, used 146 times
• Compass point. - NNE, used 142 times
• Compass point. - ESE, used 133 times
• "Your point being?" - AND, used 103 times

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