The Clue
Basket border (3 letter answer)
The Answer
RIM
Tags
Notes
The answer RIM is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Border
Edge
Flange
Frame
Fringe
Lip
Perimeter
Periphery
Canyon area
Circular edge
Court target
Crater feature
Cup feature
Cup part
Eyeglass part
Goaltending concern
Hoops target
Hub's opposite
Kind of shot
Lens holder
Outer limit
Part of a basket
Part of a crater
Tire part
Tire site
Wheel part
Wheel's edge
___ the cup (miss a putt)
Grand Canyon feature
Grand Canyon part
Barely miss, as the golf cup
Zane Grey's "Under the Tonto ___"
What an air ball doesn't touch
Definition
RIM as a noun:
1. the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
2. (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended; "the ball hit the rim and bounced off"
3. the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
4. (flange, rim) = a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
5. (brim, rim, lip) = the top edge of a vessel or other container
RIM as a verb:
1. run around the rim of; "Sugar rimmed the dessert plate"
2. furnish with a rim; "rim a hat"
3. roll around the rim of; "the ball rimmed the basket"