Its symbol is Sn

The answer

TIN

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

Used 17 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2020; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 6 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
• "Cat on a Hot ___ Roof" - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Bronze component - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of pewter - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Can - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Cookie holder - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Pan Alley - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Roofing material - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Canterbury can - used 17 times, most recently in 2016
• Element #50 - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Badge material - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Baking pan - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Sn, on the periodic table - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Soldier material - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Foil material - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• 10th anniversary gift - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Solder component - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Sardine holder - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Bronze ingredient - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Like some ears - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
• Metal container - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Pewter metal - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Component of bronze - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Element whose symbol is Sn - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Pewter ingredient - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Sn, to a chemist - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• 10th anniversary material - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Container - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Metal. - used 9 times, most recently in 1962
• Metal in bronze - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Only three-letter chemical element - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Pewter, in part - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Plating material - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Solder ingredient - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Toy soldier material - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Bronze metal - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• __ ear - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Element with the shortest name - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Kind of soldier - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• ___ lizzie - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Main element in pewter - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Metal in solder - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Mint container - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Pewter part - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Sn - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• 10th anniversary metal - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Food container - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Kind of ear - used 7 times, most recently in 1995
• Pie dish - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Tuna container - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• #50 on a table - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Anchovy container - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Bauxite product - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• ___ Lizzie (Model T) - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Material for a whitesmith - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Muffin pan - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Only three-letter element - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Roof material - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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