The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word CON , but the solution may also be SCAM which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Bamboozle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CON | 27 % | 3 |
| DUPE | 15 % | 4 |
| SNOW | 12 % | 4 |
| SCAM | 10 % | 4 |
| CHEAT | 5 % | 5 |
| HOAX | 3 % | 4 |
| DELUDE | 3 % | 6 |
| HOODWINK | 3 % | 8 |
| BILK | 3 % | 4 |
| FLEECE | 2 % | 6 |
| SPOOF | 2 % | 5 |
| HORNSWOGGLE | 2 % | 11 |
| FOOL | 2 % | 4 |
| TAKEIN | 2 % | 6 |
| EUCHRE | 2 % | 6 |
| TRICK | 1 % | 5 |
| HOSE | 1 % | 4 |
| FINAGLE | 1 % | 7 |
| ROPEIN | 1 % | 6 |
| ROOK | 1 % | 4 |
| PLAYFORASUCKER | 1 % | 14 |
| GULL | 1 % | 4 |
| SKIN | 1 % | 4 |
| STUMP | 1 % | 5 |
| COZEN | 1 % | 5 |
| LIETO | 1 % | 5 |
Why may COZEN be the right solution?
The word "cozen" means to deceive or trick someone. It is a synonym for "bamboozle," which means to fool or cheat someone.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bamboozle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lead by the nose
- hoodwink
- snow
- play false
- dupe
- scam
- debamboozle
- fake out
- beguile
- baffle
- befool
- snooker
Crossword Answer definitions
CON verb- To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
- To know, understand, acknowledge.
- A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
- (abbreviation) conservative
- A convicted criminal, a convict.
- A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
- To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
- The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."
- To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).
- An organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress.
- The conversion of part of a building.
- Consumption; pulmonary tuberculosis.
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 CON
- Jailer's charge
- Man in the pen
- Joint tenant
- Kind of game
- Take for a ride
- Thimblerig
- Swindle
- __ brio
- One who didn't dodge a charge?
- Spam, often (and the start of a split order of rice porridge)
More clues leading to the result DUPE
More clues leading to the result SNOW
- Deceive, slangily
- Overwhelm
- Winter ground cover
- Winter stuff
- Kind of job
- Television trouble
- Winter fallout
- "Strangers and Brothers" novelist
- Winter sight
- Winter hazard
More clues leading to the result SCAM
- Sting
- Get-rich-quick offering, often
- Hoodwink
- Shell game, e.g.
- Con game
- Con man's trick
- Deceptive act
- Pyramid scheme?
- Three-card monte, for one
- Flimflam
More clues leading to the result CHEAT
- Deceive by trickery
- Shortchange, say
- Peek at the answer
- Peek during a test
- Break the rules
- Steal answers
- Get an A by stealth
- Refuse to play by the rules
- Swindle
- Use a crib sheet
More clues leading to the result HOAX
- Mare's-nest
- The Cardiff Giant, for one
- Hoodwink
- Like an urban legend
- UFO's, perhaps
- Manti Te'o's girlfriend, for one
- The Cardiff Giant, e.g.
- Facebook privacy announcement, e.g.
- Kurt Vonnegut's faux commencement address e-mail, e.g.
- Like many a catfish relationship
More clues leading to the result DELUDE
More clues leading to the result HOODWINK
More clues leading to the result BILK
More clues leading to the result FLEECE
- Ewe's coat
- Ovine coat
- Warm coat
- Defraud
- Swindle
- Take to the cleaners
- It grows on ewe
- Sheep product
- Jason's quest
- Bamboozle
More clues leading to the result SPOOF
- Light satire
- Lampoon
- "This is Spinal Tap," e.g.
- Deceive
- Send-up
- "Blazing Saddles," for one
- Bit of lampoonery
- Light parody
- Parody
- Blazing Saddles, for one
More clues leading to the result HORNSWOGGLE
More clues leading to the result FOOL
- Creamy dessert
- Blockhead
- April 1 victim
- "He who hesitates," per Mae West
- Idiot
- Meatball
- One who sits on a whoopee cushion
- Start of an eight-word stepquote
- Hoodwink
- Pull a prank on
More clues leading to the result TAKEIN
- Adopt, in a way
- Garner
- Flimflam
- Provide lodging for
- Earn
- Adopt
- Bamboozle
- Deceive
- Gross at the store
- Adopt, as a puppy
More clues leading to the result EUCHRE
- Game played with 32 cards
- 32-card game
- Its highest card is jack of trumps
- Swindle
- Trick-taking game
- 32-card trick-taking game
- Game usually played with 32 cards
- Trick-taking card game
- Card game for 2, 3, or 4 players
- Game played with high cards
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 HOSE
- Firefighter's need
- Stockings
- Tights
- Gardener's need
- Gardening aid
- Leg coverings
- Nylons
- Water down
- Some legwear
- "___ Who Kill" (Chloë Sevigny series)
More clues leading to the result FINAGLE
- Jockey
- Wangle
- Achieve by deceitful methods
- Get through manipulation
- Get by trickery
- Get via trickery or guile
- Use devious methods
- Achieve by trickery
- Achieve using guile
- Get using guile
More clues leading to the result ROPEIN
- Deceptively coax
- Entrap
- Recruit through deception
- Lure sneakily
- Entice
- Entice sneakily
- Sneakily lure
- Trick: Slang.
- Inveigle: Slang.
- Con
More clues leading to the result ROOK
- Castling requirement
- Cheat
- Versification
- Chess piece
- Kasparov's piece
- One of Deep Blue's men
- He guards the corner of the chessboard
- Corner piece
- Castling piece
- Rank-and-file chess piece
More clues leading to the result PLAYFORASUCKER
More clues leading to the result GULL
- Coastal aquatic bird
- Sea bird
- Aquatic bird
- Wading bird with a harsh call
- Beach frequenter
- Deceive
- Seaside scavenger
- Beach scavenger
- Tern's cousin
- It soars over shores
More clues leading to the result SKIN
- Body covering
- Peel
- Rind
- It's got you covered
- Onion throwaway
- Tattoo spot
- iPhone covering
- Canvas for tattoos
- Tattoo canvas
- What's got you covered
More clues leading to the result STUMP
- Go on the campaign trail
- Leave clueless
- Baffle
- Leave baffled
- Bamboozle
- What a feller might leave behind?
- Former tree
- Ask an unanswerable question
- Pol's speech spot
- Perplex
More clues leading to the result COZEN
- Cheat
- Defraud
- Fleece
- Swindle
- Deceive
- Lead down the garden path
- Trick
- Hoodwink
- Defraud.
- Defraud in a paltry way.