Number of Canadian provinces

The answer

TEN

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

Used 14 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

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
• 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
• Coffee break hour - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• 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

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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.

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• "The loneliest number" - ONE, used 66 times
• Whatever number - ANY, used 52 times
• Canadian prov. - ONT, used 44 times
• Course number - PAR, used 37 times
• Hydrogen's atomic number - ONE, used 35 times

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