Lettuce or cabbage

The answer to “Lettuce or cabbage” in the The Washington Post crossword is CASH — a 4-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Washington Post crossword on August 9, 2026, a Sunday puzzle, at 23-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.

“Lettuce or cabbage” answer

CASH (4 letters)

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What does CASH mean?

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

When else has “Lettuce or cabbage” appeared?

The Washington Post 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.

August 9, 2026 (most recent) → CASH. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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