Prefix with angle or athlete

The answer

TRI

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

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for TRI

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

• Numerical prefix - used 247 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of TNT - used 119 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix meaning "three" - used 91 times, most recently in 2026
• Three: Prefix. - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix with athlete - used 67 times, most recently in 2026
• Half of hex- - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Cycle starter - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix with cycle - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• One more than bi- - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Bi- plus one - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Angular opening - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix with angle - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix with state - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Prefix for angle - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix with pod - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
• Half of hexa- - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Swim-bike-run race, for short - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• TNT part - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• Prefix for cycle - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Hex- halved - used 18 times, most recently in 2021
• The first "T" of TNT - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix for angle or cycle - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• ___-state area - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix for cycle or angle - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix with "cycle" or "angle" - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Tetra- minus one - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Two less than penta- - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Angle lead-in - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Angle starter - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Lateral lead-in - used 12 times, most recently in 2012
• Pod opener - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
• Pod opening? - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Pod prefix - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Hexa- halved - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix for pod - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Quadri- minus one - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Prefix with angle or cycle - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• TNT component? - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Uni- + bi- - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• One less than tetra- - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Start to cycle? - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Ironman race, for short - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• One less than quadri- - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Prefix with cycle or pod - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Prefix with lateral - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Angular lead-in - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Angular prefix - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Arm muscle, informally - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• ___-color pasta - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Cycle start - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Half of sex- - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• More than bi- - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Pod starter - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Prefix with angle or state - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Prefix with lingual - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• ___-tip (beef cut) - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Penta- minus two - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Pod preceder - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Prefix with angular - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Prefix with athlete or angle - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Prefix with corn or pod - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• The first "T" in TNT - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Three-part - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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.

• Green prefix - ECO, used 431 times
• Right angle - ELL, used 206 times
• Earth-friendly prefix - ECO, used 181 times
• With it - HIP, used 149 times
• Prefix with center - EPI, used 134 times
• Equal: Prefix - ISO, used 123 times

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