Plating material

The answer

TIN

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

Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 1995. It appears in 5 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.

• CHROME (1 uses in xd)
• GOLD (1 uses in xd)
• ZINC (1 uses in xd)

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
• Its symbol is Sn - used 17 times, most recently in 2020
• 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
• 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

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.

• Lawn material - SOD, used 117 times
• Genetic material - RNA, used 115 times
• Genetic material - DNA, used 90 times
• Mine material - ORE, used 67 times
• Paving material - TAR, used 64 times
• Roofing material - TAR, used 64 times

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