Penny-pinching
The crossword clue "Penny-pinching" is answered by CHEAP, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CHEAP
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHEAP answer page.
Used 21 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 9 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.
- MISERLY (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for CHEAP
Every other clue in this collection answered by CHEAP, most used first.
- Inexpensive - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Tightfisted - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Low-priced - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Shoddy - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- For a song - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Stingy - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Tawdry - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Miserly - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Very inexpensive - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Penny pincher - MISER, used 46 times
- Like a new penny - SHINY, used 12 times
- Penny pincher - PIKER, used 9 times
- Greek penny - LEPTA, used 8 times
- "Penny wise, pound foolish," e.g. - ADAGE, used 7 times
- Penny-pinching - TIGHT, used 6 times
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