Penny ___
The crossword clue "Penny ___" is answered by ANTE, a 4-letter entry. Used 43 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ANTE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ANTE answer page.
Used 43 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ARCADE (5 uses in xd)
Other clues for ANTE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ANTE, most used first.
- Poker payment - used 242 times, most recently in 2026
- Pay to play - used 214 times, most recently in 2026
- Poker stake - used 172 times, most recently in 2026
- Pot starter - used 158 times, most recently in 2026
- Feed the kitty - used 132 times, most recently in 2026
- Chip in - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
- Poker pot starter - used 92 times, most recently in 2026
- Stake - used 88 times, most recently in 2025
- Initial stake - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Poker buy-in - used 71 times, most recently in 2026
- Initial chip - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Pay (up) - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Initial poker payment - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Start the pot - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
- Part of A.M. - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Status quo ___. - used 45 times, most recently in 2019
- Initial poker stake - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Poker hand starter - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Pot builder - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
- Chip in a chip - used 39 times, most recently in 2023
- Stud fee? - used 38 times, most recently in 2020
- Start a pot - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Pay for a hand - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
- Pony up - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Start a poker pot - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Starting stake - used 31 times, most recently in 2025
- Get the pot going - used 29 times, most recently in 2021
- Poker term - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
- Poker starter - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Price to play - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Chip in chips - used 26 times, most recently in 2021
- ___ meridiem - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Opening stake - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
- Poker fee - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Poker player's payment - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ bellum. - used 22 times, most recently in 1985
- Kitty feed - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Before: Prefix. - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Cost of cards - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- Get in the game - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Penny - CENT, used 275 times
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