Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion"

The answer to “Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion"” in the New York Times crossword is SON — a 3-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 27, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 11-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 whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion"” answer

SON (3 letters)

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Why the answer is SON

SON is the 3-letter solution that fits "Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion"" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 27, 2025 (11-Down). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does SON mean?

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

When else has “Word whose letters are aptly found from left to right in "scion"” 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.

April 27, 2025 (most recent) → SON. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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