Three-part

The answer

TRI

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

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 1 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.

• TRINARY (3 uses in xd)
• LIMB (1 uses in xd)
• TERNARY (1 uses in xd)
• TRIUNE (1 uses in xd)

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 angle or athlete - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• 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

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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.

• Part of TGIF - ITS, used 200 times
• Part of RSVP - SIL, used 192 times
• Sock part - TOE, used 175 times
• Bikini part - BRA, used 145 times
• Play part - ACT, used 135 times
• Part of UCLA - LOS, used 122 times

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