Coffee break hour

The answer

TEN

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

Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 3 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.

• TENAM (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TEN

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

• Sawbuck - used 157 times, most recently in 2026
• Half a score - used 144 times, most recently in 2026
• Decimal base - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
• X - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
• Toe count - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Finger count - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Hamilton's bill - used 61 times, most recently in 2025
• Midmorning hour - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Kayo count - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Wallet bill - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Hamilton bill - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Gymnast's goal - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• X rating? - used 42 times, most recently in 2016
• X, at times - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Royal flush card - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Midmorning - used 33 times, most recently in 2013
• Part of a royal flush - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• "Down for the count" count - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Number. - used 25 times, most recently in 1975
• Top rating - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Decimal system base - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Lacrosse team - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
• Perfect rating - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Start of a countdown - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Coffee-break time - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Pin number? - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Prime-time hour - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Perfect score - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• "___ Little Indians" - used 19 times, most recently in 2016
• Low card in a royal flush - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Playing card - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Countdown start - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Countdown starter - used 17 times, most recently in 2014
• "Perfect" number - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Perfect score, often - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Number of years in a decade - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Top of some scales - used 16 times, most recently in 2014
• Common base - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Half of a score - used 14 times, most recently in 2020
• Jack's inferior - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Number of Canadian provinces - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Perfect score, sometimes - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Ring count - used 14 times, most recently in 2017
• Square root of 100 - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• X, sometimes - used 14 times, most recently in 2024
• Big ___ Conference - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Bowling pin count - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Famous Downing Street address - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Gymnast's perfect score - used 13 times, most recently in 2008
• Honor card. - used 13 times, most recently in 1978
• Easy multiplier - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Mark of perfection - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Top __ - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Two hours before noon - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Downing Street address - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• First-down yardage - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Bedtime, for some - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Bo's number - used 10 times, most recently in 2008
• High rating - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Number of lords a-leaping - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Rightmost bowling pin - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Till bill - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Years in a decade - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Face card's value in blackjack - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Highest point value for a Scrabble tile - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Jack's value in blackjack - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Knockout count - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Perfect gymnastics score - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Royal flush necessity - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Score half - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Smallest two-digit number - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• 5/6 of a dozen - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Base ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Beauty mark? - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Caesar's X - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Decade - used 8 times, most recently in 2003
• Lacrosse team complement - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Lowest card in a royal flush - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Bill in a till - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Commandment count - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Commandments count - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Count on both hands? - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Countdown start, often - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Cube root of 1,000 - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Gymnast's reward - used 7 times, most recently in 2008
• It's an honor - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Knockout number - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• KO count - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Lowest honor card - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Perfect diving score - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Perfect figure? - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Prime time - used 7 times, most recently in 2003
• Roman X - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Six plus four - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Sundial X - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• What X may mean - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Where Hamilton is - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• X, maybe - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Yellow Monopoly bill - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Big ___. - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Bill showing the Treasury Building - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Common coffee break hour - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Decade count - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Downing Street number - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Gymnast's top score - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Janet Evanovich novel "___ Big Ones" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Number of provinces in Canada - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "On a scale of one to ___ ... " - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Perfect score, for some - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Toe total - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Top number? - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Top of some ratings - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Top rating, often - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• What "X" might mean - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• X amount - used 6 times, most recently in 2025

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.

• Coffee vessel - URN, used 130 times
• Coffee dispenser - URN, used 105 times
• Break bread - EAT, used 89 times
• Coffee alternative - TEA, used 89 times
• "Give ___ break!" - MEA, used 88 times
• Coffee server - URN, used 80 times

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