Personal ID

The answer

SSN

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

Used 15 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2003. It appears in 7 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.

• DNA (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for SSN

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

• Nine-digit ID - used 223 times, most recently in 2026
• Tax form ID - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• Tax ID - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• IRS ID - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
• Taxpayer's ID - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
• Common ID - used 27 times, most recently in 2023
• Govt.-issued ID - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• W-2 ID - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• ID with two hyphens - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• 1040 ID - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
• Taxpayer ID - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Govt. ID - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• XXX-XX-XXXX ID - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Payroll ID - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• 9-digit ID - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• ID theft target - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Form 1040 ID - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• ID for the IRS - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• ID with two dashes - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• W-2 info - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• IRS info - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• ID on IRS forms - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• IRS identifier - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Hyphenated ID - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Nine-digit fig. - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Certain ID - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• IRS datum - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• IRS form datum - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• IRS form ID - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Nine-digit ID no. - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Tax return ID - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Worker's ID - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• 1040 fig. - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Fig. in identity theft - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Government-issued ID - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Three-part fig. - 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.

• Personal - OWN, used 43 times
• Personal quirk - TIC, used 42 times
• Personal question? - WHO, used 41 times
• Personal ad abbr. - SWF, used 32 times
• Personal connections - INS, used 18 times
• Get too personal - PRY, used 17 times

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