Tic ___
The crossword clue "Tic ___" is answered by TAC, a 3-letter entry. Used 14 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TAC
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TAC answer page.
Used 14 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2007. It appears in 8 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.
- TACTOE (3 uses in xd)
Other clues for TAC
Every other clue in this collection answered by TAC, most used first.
- Tic-___-toe - used 230 times, most recently in 2026
- Washington's Sea-___ Airport - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Middle of a game - used 23 times, most recently in 2018
- Sea-___ Airport - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Tic-toe link - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
- "Tic ___ Dough" - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Game center - used 16 times, most recently in 2015
- Middle X or O - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Center X or O - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Tic ___ (mint) - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Tic-toe connector - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Tic follower - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Tic-toe filler - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Toe preceder - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Between tic and toe - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
- Tic __; breath mint - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Tic-toe tie - used 9 times, most recently in 2008
- Center X - used 8 times, most recently in 2010
- Tic-toe connection - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Part of XXX - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Part of OOO - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Sea-__ - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Tic ___ (mint brand) - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Tie holder - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- TV's "Tic ___ Dough" - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Tic-tac-toe win - OOO, used 196 times
- Tic-tac-toe winner - OOO, used 70 times
- Tic-tac-toe loser - OXO, used 57 times
- Tic-tac-toe loser - XOO, used 39 times
- Winning tic-tac-toe line - OOO, used 31 times
- Tic-tac-__ - TOE, used 26 times
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