Fake coins
The crossword clue "Fake coins" is answered by SLUGS, a 5-letter entry. Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SLUGS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SLUGS answer page.
Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1969. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SLUGS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SLUGS, most used first.
- Punches - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
- Wallops - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Counterfeit coins - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Garden pests - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Fake name - ALIAS, used 65 times
- Mexican coins - PESOS, used 59 times
- Turkish coins - LIRAS, used 44 times
- British coins - PENCE, used 33 times
- Fake - PHONY, used 24 times
- Fake - BOGUS, used 23 times
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