Cheap metal
The crossword clue "Cheap metal" is answered by TIN, a 3-letter entry. Used 37 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TIN
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TIN answer page.
Used 37 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 2 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
- Soft metal - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Can metal - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Badge metal - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Altoids container - used 28 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.
- Metal source - ORE, used 101 times
- Unrefined metal - ORE, used 69 times
- "Cheap Thrills" singer - SIA, used 37 times
- Raw metal - ORE, used 30 times
- Metal-in-the-rough - ORE, used 29 times
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