Fruit whose name has three syllables in four letters

The answer to “Fruit whose name has three syllables in four letters” in the New York Times crossword is ACAI — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on September 6, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 78-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Fruit whose name has three syllables in four letters” answer

ACAI (4 letters)

Reveal the solution one letter at a time with the tiles above if you'd rather nudge yourself toward it than see the whole word at once. Just want it outright? The answer is ACAI.

What does ACAI mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of ACAI is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Fruit whose name has three syllables in four letters” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

September 6, 2026 (most recent) → ACAI. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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