Tight-fisted type

The answer

MISER

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the MISER answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for MISER

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

• Penny pincher - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Skinflint - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Tightwad - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Cheapskate - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Scrooge - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Money hoarder - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Scrooge, for one - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Stingy one - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
• Cheeseparer - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• Scrooge, e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Pinchpenny - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Pocket protector? - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Stingy person - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Stingy sort - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Frugal fellow - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Silas Marner, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Hoarder - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• No philanthropist - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Unlikely donor - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

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• Type of acid - AMINO, used 60 times
• Committee type - ADHOC, used 50 times
• Car type - SEDAN, used 46 times
• Navel type - INNIE, used 44 times
• Typewriter type. - ELITE, used 44 times

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