"Cat on a Hot ___ Roof"

The answer

TIN

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

Used 23 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2026; 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 clues for TIN

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

• Pewter component - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Light metal - used 76 times, most recently in 2026
• Can material - used 69 times, most recently in 2025
• Stannum - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Sardine container - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Malleable metal - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheap metal - used 37 times, most recently in 2023
• Soft metal - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Can metal - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Cookie container - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Badge metal - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Altoids container - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Bolivian export - used 28 times, most recently in 2020
• Metal in pewter - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Tenth anniversary gift - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
• Bronze component - used 21 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Hot tub - SPA, used 255 times
• ___-Cat - SNO, used 127 times
• Zodiac cat - LEO, used 115 times
• Hot temper - IRE, used 110 times
• ___-Cat (winter vehicle) - SNO, used 90 times
• Hot blood - IRE, used 82 times

Search the clue collection

Search by clue words or by answer, or type a pattern with the letters you have and a blank for each square you do not know. The characters _ ? . and - all work as blanks.