Word appearing on the nickel but not the dime or quarter, surprisingly

The answer to “Word appearing on the nickel but not the dime or quarter, surprisingly” in the New York Times crossword is CENTS — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on June 16, 2026, a Tuesday puzzle, at 29-Down. 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.

“Word appearing on the nickel but not the dime or quarter, surprisingly” answer

CENTS (5 letters)

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Why the answer is CENTS

CENTS is the 5-letter solution that fits "Word appearing on the nickel but not the dime or quarter, surprisingly" in the NYT Crossword crossword on June 16, 2026 (29-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

When else has “Word appearing on the nickel but not the dime or quarter, surprisingly” 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.

June 16, 2026 (most recent) → CENTS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

More clues from the NYT Crossword on June 16, 2026

Stuck elsewhere in the grid? Here are some of the crossing and nearby clues from the same puzzle — tap any for its answer and explanation.

• Amigo → COMPADRE
• Opening of a news article, in journalism lingo → LEDE
• Hemingway tale about an elderly fisherman, with "The" ... or a phonetic hint to four sets of circled letters in this puzzle? → OLDMANANDTHESEA
• Smidgens → BITS
• Crustaceans sometimes called "mudbugs" → CRAWDADS
• Incensed → MAD
• Like an image just begging to be captioned and shared → MEMEWORTHY
• Casino calculations → ODDS

Want every clue in one place? The full New York Times answer list for June 16, 2026 is on that day's grid page, and today's live NYT Crossword answers are always one tap from the today page.

About the NYT Crossword

The New York Times crossword, edited by Will Shortz, is the most famous daily puzzle in the United States. It runs a 15×15 grid Monday through Saturday and a larger 21×21 grid on Sunday, and its difficulty deliberately ramps through the week: Monday is the most approachable, Saturday the toughest, with Thursday often reserved for a trick or twist like rebus squares. This page covers a Tuesday puzzle. A straight-definition entry is the kind of solid mid-grid answer that anchors the trickier crossings around it. Because the NYT reuses short, crossing-friendly words regularly, seeing them once makes them easier to spot next time.

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