Phony coin
The crossword clue "Phony coin" is answered by SLUG, a 4-letter entry. Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SLUG
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLUG answer page.
Used 14 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SLUG
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLUG, most used first.
- Punch - used 39 times, most recently in 2026
- Fake coin - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Wallop - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Counterfeit coin - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Garden pest - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Slimy garden pest - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Hit hard - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Belt - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Small mollusk. - used 13 times, most recently in 1982
- Bullet - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Vending machine reject - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Gastropod - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
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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.
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- Thin coin - DIME, used 57 times
- Old Italian coin - LIRA, used 53 times
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