The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RUSE , but the solution may also be WILE which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Newsday).
Artifice crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RUSE | 54 % | 4 |
| WILE | 25 % | 4 |
| DODGE | 4 % | 5 |
| SUBTERFUGE | 3 % | 10 |
| TRICK | 1 % | 5 |
| PRETENSE | 1 % | 8 |
| FRAUD | 1 % | 5 |
| DECEIT | 1 % | 6 |
| STRATAGEM | 1 % | 9 |
| FINESSE | 1 % | 7 |
| PLOY | 1 % | 4 |
| SLYNESS | 1 % | 7 |
| MANEUVER | 1 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Artifice
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ruse
- wile
- trick
- gimmick
- device
- firework
- artificiality
- fakery
- subterfuge
- trickery
- theatricality
- artfulness
Crossword Answer definitions
RUSE noun- A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
- (by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.
- Cunning, guile, trickery.
- To deceive or trick using a ruse.
- Of an animal: to turn or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result RUSE
- Crafty manuever
- Subterfuge
- Trick
- Deception
- Devious scheme
- Artful dodge
- Bit of chicanery
- Con man's device
- Artifice
- Ploy
More clues leading to the result WILE
- __ E. Coyote
- Stratagem
- Bit of chicanery
- Scheming
- Sneaky trick
- Trick
- Artifice
- Sly stratagem
- Beguiling trick
- Pass, with "away"
More clues leading to the result DODGE
- Caravan maker
- Adroitly avoid
- Sidestep
- Ram's parent?
- Steer clear of
- Durango maker
- Duck
- Charger or Challenger
- Avoid
- Viper manufacturer
More clues leading to the result SUBTERFUGE
More clues leading to the result TRICK
- Dodge
- Fool
- Halloween choice
- David Copperfield marvel
- Feat of magic
- Treat alternative
- "_or treat!"
- Deception
- Prank
- Fast one
More clues leading to the result PRETENSE
More clues leading to the result FRAUD
- Impostor
- Charlatan
- Mountebank
- Trickery
- Bunco squad's concern
- Criminal deception
- Super duper
- Dupery
- Businessman's crime
- Deceptive crime
More clues leading to the result DECEIT
- Con man's game
- Chicanery
- Trickery
- Double dealing
- Duplicity
- Scheming behavior
- Skullduggery
- Artifice
- Double-dealing
- Con man's forte
More clues leading to the result STRATAGEM
More clues leading to the result FINESSE
- Skillfully maneuver
- Skill and grace
- Tactful handling
- Bridge ploy
- Maneuver adroitly
- Savoir-faire
- Subtlety
- Skillful maneuver
- Smooth skill
- Skillful maneuvering
More clues leading to the result PLOY
- Ruse
- Gimmick
- Artful dodge
- Clever machination
- Tricky maneuver
- Strategy
- Underhanded tactic
- Stratagem
- Clever tactic
- Sly stratagem
More clues leading to the result SLYNESS
- Craft
- Guile
- Artifice
- Cunning
- Foxy quality
- Wile that fails Wile E.
- Foxy attribute
- Foxy trait
- Artful quality
- Fox's quality