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 |
| CHISEL | 7 % | 6 |
| SCAM | 7 % | 4 |
| ROOK | 7 % | 4 |
| GYP | 6 % | 3 |
| CRIB | 4 % | 4 |
| SHORTCHANGE | 3 % | 11 |
| GULL | 3 % | 4 |
| DIDDLE | 3 % | 6 |
| HOCUS | 3 % | 5 |
| SHYSTER | 3 % | 7 |
| FLAM | 3 % | 4 |
| HOSE | 3 % | 4 |
| DUPE | 2 % | 4 |
| SWINDLER | 2 % | 8 |
| TWOTIMER | 2 % | 8 |
| COZENER | 2 % | 7 |
| REAM | 2 % | 4 |
| CONMAN | 1 % | 6 |
| BURN | 1 % | 4 |
| STING | 1 % | 5 |
| EUCHRE | 1 % | 6 |
| SNOOKER | 1 % | 7 |
| OVERREACH | 1 % | 9 |
| DEFRAUD | 1 % | 7 |
| NOTPLAYFAIR | 1 % | 11 |
| GIP | 1 % | 3 |
| SKIN | 1 % | 4 |
| FUDGE | 1 % | 5 |
| FLEECER | 1 % | 7 |
| RUNAROUND | 1 % | 9 |
| SWINDLE | 1 % | 7 |
| FRAUD | 1 % | 5 |
| DECEIVER | 1 % | 8 |
| DOOUTOF | 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 SNOOKER
- Hoodwink
- Pool game
- Type of pool
- Pub game
- Pool game with 21 balls
- Pool variety
- Type of billiards
- Pool table game
- Put one over on
- Dupe
More clues leading to the result OVERREACH
More clues leading to the result DEFRAUD
More clues leading to the result NOTPLAYFAIR
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 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 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 SWINDLE
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