Hard money.
The crossword clue "Hard money." is answered by SPECIE, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SPECIE
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPECIE answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1949. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SPECIE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SPECIE, most used first.
- Coined money - used 41 times, most recently in 2024
- Coin - used 20 times, most recently in 2015
- Money in coin - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Coinage - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Coin of the realm - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
- Coins - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Mint product - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
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- Hard to find - SCARCE, used 44 times
- Try hard - STRIVE, used 42 times
- Tried hard - STROVE, used 33 times
- Hits hard - SMITES, used 24 times
- Hard - STEELY, used 23 times
- Money-back offer - REBATE, used 22 times
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