Beads once used by Native Americans as currency Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% WAMPUM Beads once used by Native Americans as currency (6) LA Times Daily Mar 23, 2020
3% GLOBULE Bead (7) The Times Sunday Concise Oct 19, 2025
3% MOCCASIN Shoe of Native American origin (8) The Times Concise Oct 9, 2025
3% TOTEM ___ pole (Native American carving) (5) New York Times Sep 15, 2025
3% TEPEES Traditional Native American tents (6) Newsday Aug 20, 2025
3% CREE Native American people (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Aug 19, 2025
3% BEADS Native American currency, once (5) New York Times May 10, 2019
2% DINAR Kuwaiti currency (5) Commuter Oct 18, 2025
2% YEN Tokyo currency (3)
2% TREPAN It was once used to make holes in the skull (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 14, 2025

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