The Stooges, e.g.

The answer

TRIO

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TRIO answer page.

Used 18 times across 15 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1985. It appears in 10 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.

• THREESOME (3 uses in xd)
• ZANIES (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for TRIO

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

• Threesome - used 155 times, most recently in 2026
• Small combo - used 137 times, most recently in 2026
• Group of three - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Half a sextet - used 81 times, most recently in 2026
• Small band - used 52 times, most recently in 2025
• Musical group - used 44 times, most recently in 2006
• Peter, Paul and Mary, e.g. - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• The Bee Gees, e.g. - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Quartet minus one - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Singing group - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
• The Dixie Chicks, e.g. - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
• The Magi, e.g. - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Small jazz combo - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• The Supremes, e.g. - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Small musical group - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Three-person band - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Half of a sextet - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Donald Duck's nephews, e.g. - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• The Andrews Sisters, e.g. - used 20 times, most recently in 2015
• The Police, e.g. - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Duo plus one - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Small group - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Charlie's Angels, e.g. - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• The Jonas Brothers, e.g. - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Duet plus one - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Piece of music. - used 16 times, most recently in 1968
• The Kingston ___ - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Small jazz group - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Cream, for example - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Jazz combo - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• The Fates, e.g. - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Wynken, Blynken and Nod, e.g. - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Combo - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Destiny's Child, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Huey, Dewey and Louie, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• The Three Tenors, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Tom, Dick and Harry, e.g. - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Lounge group, maybe - used 11 times, most recently in 2013
• Small singing group - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Jazz combo, often - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Three of a kind - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Tom, Dick and Harry - used 10 times, most recently in 1998
• Chamber group - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Destiny's Child, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Kingston, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2012
• Alvin and the Chipmunks, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Chamber-music piece - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Kovacs' "The Nairobi __" - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Peter, Paul & Mary, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• The Powerpuff Girls, e.g. - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Cream, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Folk music's Kingston ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Snap, Crackle, and Pop, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• The Chicks, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• The witches in "Macbeth," e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Cream, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Crosby, Stills & Nash, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Duo + one - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Group of three singers - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "Jeopardy!" contestants, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Lady Antebellum, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Pair plus one - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Rush, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Singing threesome - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Small chamber group - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Troika - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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.

• Up to the task - ABLE, used 397 times
• In the thick of - AMID, used 377 times
• On the briny - ASEA, used 364 times
• From the top - ANEW, used 355 times
• Spill the beans - BLAB, used 313 times
• Away from the wind - ALEE, used 282 times

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