The Clue
Indian beads used as money (6 letter answer)
The Answer
WAMPUM
Tags
Notes
The answer WAMPUM is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1600 puzzles.
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Definition
WAMPUM as a noun:
1. (boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum) = informal terms for money
2. (wampum, peag, wampumpeag) = small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency