The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BILK , but the solution may also be HOSE which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).
Cheat crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BILK | 11 % | 4 |
| COZEN | 10 % | 5 |
| CON | 8 % | 3 |
| ROOK | 7 % | 4 |
| CHISEL | 7 % | 6 |
| SCAM | 7 % | 4 |
| GYP | 6 % | 3 |
| CRIB | 4 % | 4 |
| FLAM | 3 % | 4 |
| HOSE | 3 % | 4 |
| GULL | 3 % | 4 |
| SHORTCHANGE | 3 % | 11 |
| DIDDLE | 3 % | 6 |
| HOCUS | 3 % | 5 |
| SHYSTER | 3 % | 7 |
| TWOTIMER | 2 % | 8 |
| COZENER | 2 % | 7 |
| REAM | 2 % | 4 |
| DUPE | 2 % | 4 |
| SWINDLER | 2 % | 8 |
| GIP | 1 % | 3 |
| SKIN | 1 % | 4 |
| NOTPLAYFAIR | 1 % | 11 |
| FUDGE | 1 % | 5 |
| FLEECER | 1 % | 7 |
| SWINDLE | 1 % | 7 |
| RUNAROUND | 1 % | 9 |
| FRAUD | 1 % | 5 |
| DECEIVER | 1 % | 8 |
| DOOUTOF | 1 % | 7 |
| CONMAN | 1 % | 6 |
| STING | 1 % | 5 |
| BURN | 1 % | 4 |
| EUCHRE | 1 % | 6 |
| OVERREACH | 1 % | 9 |
| DEFRAUD | 1 % | 7 |
| SNOOKER | 1 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Cheat
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- swindle
- cheater
- betray
- chouse
- chicane
- deceiver
- wander
- trickster
- cheat on
- beat
- cuckold
- sell short
Crossword Answer definitions
BILK noun- The spoiling of someone's score in the crib.
- A deception, a hoax.
- A cheat or swindler.
- To spoil the score of (someone) in cribbage.
- To do someone out of their due; to deceive or defraud, to cheat (someone).
- To evade, elude.
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 BILK
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.
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 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 CHISEL
- Swindle
- Woodworkers' tool
- Cheat
- Get by cheating
- Make a bust, maybe
- Stoneworker's tool
- Wedgelike tool
- Carve in stone
- Sculpting tool
- Flimflam
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 GYP
More clues leading to the result CRIB
- Pony
- Corn rack
- Corny place?
- Manger
- Plagiarize
- Babe's bed
- Nursery furniture
- Cheater's reference
- Place to celebrate first night?
- Test-prep for the clueless
More clues leading to the result FLAM
- Drum fill
- Drumming rudiment
- "The Flim ___ Man" (1967 film)
- "The Flim ___ Man"
- Deception
- Quick da-dum, on drum
- Drumbeat
- Trick
- Hoax
- Two-stroke drumbeat
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 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 SHORTCHANGE
- ALTE
- ALTE_
- Cheat, monetarily
- Cheat
- Cheat at checkout ... and a hint to the circled letters
- Take advantage of a careless customer.
- Cheat.
- Cheat: Colloq.
- Swindle, in a way
- Treat unfairly, or a hint to each starred answer's scrambled last word
More clues leading to the result DIDDLE
- With "around," waste time
- Cheat with a con
- Defraud
- Toy (with)
- Waste time
- Dance jerkily: Colloq.
- Cheat.
- Cheat
More clues leading to the result HOCUS
- Pocus' partner
- Start of a magician's phrase
- Half a magic phrase
- With 59 Down, sleight of hand
- Conjurer's first word?
- Pocus lead-in
- Start of a magical incantation
- Half of a magician's rhyme
- Magical opening
- Magical start
More clues leading to the result SHYSTER
- Con artist
- Embarrassment to the legal profession
- Untrustworthy lawyer
- Unscrupulous attorney
- Unscrupulous lawyer
- Lawyer to avoid
- Sharp
- One unlikely to do a bar mitzvah?
- Pettifogger.
- Dickens' Sampson Brass.
More clues leading to the result TWOTIMER
- Duplicitous one
- One who loves too much?
- Double-crosser
- No-tell motel patron, perhaps
- Cheat
- Unfaithful lover
- A gay deceiver: Slang.
- Deceiver: Slang.
- A busy Don Juan.
- False friend
More clues leading to the result COZENER
More clues leading to the result REAM
- Enlarge, as a hole
- Paper measure
- Paper quantity
- Laser paper measure
- Scold, slangily, with "out"
- 480, 500, or 516
- Do a boring job
- Twenty quires
- Do a boring job?
- Staples paper, e.g.
More clues leading to the result DUPE
More clues leading to the result SWINDLER
- Cheater
- Cheat
- Con man
- One looking for a mark
- Bernie Madoff, notably
- Con artist
- Cheat.
- Pro who cons
- Expert with a racket
More clues leading to the result GIP
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 NOTPLAYFAIR
More clues leading to the result FUDGE
- Tamper with
- Baby Ruth ingredient
- Overestimate, maybe
- Fake or falsify
- Falsify, as figures
- Hot ___ sundae
- Chocolate treat
- Gooey confection
- Gooey goody
- For telling small lies, use...
More clues leading to the result FLEECER
More clues leading to the result SWINDLE
More clues leading to the result RUNAROUND
- "__ Sue" (1961 hit)
- Cheat
- Evasive treatment
- Evasive treatment, with "the"
- Evasive treatment: Slang.
- Evasion of a sort.
- Evasion.
- Evasive answer
- *Evasive treatment, with "the"
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 DECEIVER
More clues leading to the result DOOUTOF
More clues leading to the result CONMAN
- One running a "Big Store"
- Shyster
- Many a character in "The Sting"
- Henry Gondorff, Johnny Hooker, or Kid Twist
- Swindler
- Scammer
- Hustler
- One with a racket
- Snake oil hawker, say
- Bane for the gullible
More clues leading to the result STING
- Con game
- Bee bite
- Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, on stage
- Trap
- Smart
- Undercover operation
- Police man
- "Desert Rose" singer
- Police chief?
- Police leader
More clues leading to the result BURN
- Ruin, in the kitchen
- Torch
- Beach woe
- Overcook
- Use, as energy
- Combust
- "___ Notice"
- Hold one's feet to the fire?
- Put onto DVD
- Reduce to ashes
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