The New York Times Crossword · 46-Down · 6 letters
Dance craze of the 2010s The New York Times Crossword clue
Editorially reviewed October 5, 2026
Answer · 6 letters
DOUGIE
DOUGIE is the six-letter fill for the October 5 NYT 46-Down clue. Cali Swag District's 2010 song 'Teach Me How to Dougie' explicitly names the dance, and the group demonstrated it in a contemporary Billboard video. The decade alone is ambiguous: the same clue has previously taken NAENAE in an older NYT grid, so use this puzzle's crossings rather than a past answer list.
Different crossing letters? Check another fit →Use the song as the date check
Cali Swag District released 'Teach Me How to Dougie' in 2010, and a Billboard video from that year shows the group teaching the move. That contemporary evidence connects the named dance to the decade in the clue. Enter D-O-U-G-I-E in six squares, not the longer song title.
Why an older answer can mislead
The wording 'Dance craze of the 2010s' is not unique to this grid: a July 2023 NYT clue used NAENAE, also six letters. The October 5 numbered pair is DOUGIE. If a solver page offers both, let today's crossing letters and source date decide rather than assuming one archived answer applies to every reuse.
References behind this explanation
- October 5 NYT 46-Down numbered clue and answer
- Independent October 5 NYT 46-Down pair
- Billboard: Cali Swag District teaches the Dougie in 2010
- XWord Info: July 2023 NYT 82-Across used NAENAE
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Where this clue appeared
46-Down in The New York Times Crossword puzzle for October 5, 2026.
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