The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ANTI , but the solution may also be DOWNSIDE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Con crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ANTI | 49 % | 4 |
| INMATE | 8 % | 6 |
| SCAM | 7 % | 4 |
| DUPE | 5 % | 4 |
| AGAINST | 5 % | 7 |
| RUSE | 3 % | 4 |
| LIETO | 2 % | 5 |
| BILK | 2 % | 4 |
| SWINDLE | 2 % | 7 |
| SNOWJOB | 2 % | 7 |
| PERUSE | 1 % | 6 |
| CHEAT | 1 % | 5 |
| GYP | 1 % | 3 |
| RIPOFF | 1 % | 6 |
| FELON | 1 % | 5 |
| JAILBIRD | 1 % | 8 |
| SHAM | 1 % | 4 |
| HOAX | 1 % | 4 |
| PRISONRESIDENT | 0 % | 14 |
| GRIFT | 0 % | 5 |
| PONZISCHEME | 0 % | 11 |
| YARDBIRD | 0 % | 8 |
| OPPOSED | 0 % | 7 |
| OPPOSEDTO | 0 % | 9 |
| FLEECE | 0 % | 6 |
| FLIMFLAM | 0 % | 8 |
| DEFRAUD | 0 % | 7 |
| PRISONER | 0 % | 8 |
| PIGEONDROP | 0 % | 10 |
| DOWNSIDE | 0 % | 8 |
| PRISONINMATE | 0 % | 12 |
| SLABOFBACON | 0 % | 11 |
| ROPEIN | 0 % | 6 |
| TRICK | 0 % | 5 |
| MINUS | 0 % | 5 |
| THIMBLERIG | 0 % | 10 |
| PUTUPJOB | 0 % | 8 |
| ACEOUT | 0 % | 6 |
| OLDARMYGAME | 0 % | 11 |
| Spanish | 0 % | 7 |
| FOOL | 0 % | 4 |
| READ | 0 % | 4 |
Why may SCAM be the right solution?
The answer "SCAM" is the right solution because "Con" is a slang term for a scam or a fraudulent scheme.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Con
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- swindle
- defraud
- flimflam
- diddle
- convict
- hustle
- learn
- jailbird
- sting
- inmate
- gyp
- memorize
Crossword Answer definitions
ANTI noun- A person opposed to a concept or principle.
- Opposed to something.
- That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°
- Alternative form of anti-
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 ANTI
- Before thesis
- Climactic intro?
- Contrarian, perhaps
- Non-pro
- Nonsupporter
- Not for
- One opposed
- Opponent
- Opposed
- Opposed to
More clues leading to the result INMATE
- Big house resident
- Joint tenant?
- Con
- Resident unable to leave
- "The Shawshank Redemption" extra
- Capone, from 1931 to 1939
- Pen pal?
- Slammer resident
- Sing Sing resident
- Warden's ward
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 DUPE
More clues leading to the result AGAINST
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 LIETO
- Deceive
- Stay put, nautically
- Be dishonest with
- Be untruthful with
- Mislead
- Not be straight with
- Con
- Mislead, in a way
- Deceive, in a way
- Misinform
More clues leading to the result BILK
More clues leading to the result SWINDLE
More clues leading to the result SNOWJOB
- Deceptive effort, slangily
- Flattering trickery
- Subtle scam
- Deception using exaggeration
- Flattering deception
- Calculated flattery
- *Flattering deception
- Hustle
- Attempt to deceive using flattery
- Bland deception
More clues leading to the result PERUSE
- Look over
- Give a once-over
- Read
- Wade through
- Eyeball
- Examine with care
- Pore over
- Scan
- Skim through
- Read carefully
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 GYP
More clues leading to the result RIPOFF
More clues leading to the result FELON
- Lawbreaker
- Big house resident
- Criminal
- Kidnaper, e.g.
- Con
- Many a convict
- Burglar
- One that's put away
- Racketeer, e.g.
- Big-time criminal
More clues leading to the result JAILBIRD
- Cooler resident
- Convict
- Con
- Cooler dweller, or a novel
- Resident of 26-Across
- Pen resident
- "Avian" for whom flight is often futile
- Pen dweller.
- Matt Ward song about escapee?
More clues leading to the result SHAM
- Bogus
- Decorative cover
- Fake
- Pillow cover
- Pillow protector
- Sam the __ and the Pharaohs
- Bedding item
- Deceit
- Fraud
- Hoax
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 PRISONRESIDENT
More clues leading to the result GRIFT
- Work as a swindler
- Play the con artist
- Confidence game
- Ill-gotten gains
- Swindle, la "The Sting"
- Dirty money
- Swindle
- Con
- Make money by conning
- Cheat, in a way
More clues leading to the result PONZISCHEME
- Fraudulent investment opportunity
- Certain investment swindle
- Investment swindle
- Bernard Madoff offering
- Source of false returns
- Scam
- Con
- Example of 20 Across
- Certain swindle
More clues leading to the result YARDBIRD
More clues leading to the result OPPOSED
- Was at loggerheads with
- At odds
- On the other side
- Like the nays
- Competed against
- Fought against
- Cast a veto
- Like a naysayer
- Spoke out against
- Not in favor
More clues leading to the result OPPOSEDTO
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 FLIMFLAM
More clues leading to the result DEFRAUD
More clues leading to the result PRISONER
- Jailbird
- Jailhouse lawyer, for example
- Pen occupant
- Cell user
- Joint tenant?
- "Orange Is the New Black" extra
- Captive
- Jean Valjean, e.g.
- Cooler guy
- Con
More clues leading to the result PIGEONDROP
More clues leading to the result DOWNSIDE
More clues leading to the result PRISONINMATE
More clues leading to the result SLABOFBACON
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 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 MINUS
- Negative
- Without
- Character flaw
- Grade diminisher
- Less
- -
- Calculator symbol
- Disadvantage
- Arithmetic sign
- Mathematics sign
More clues leading to the result THIMBLERIG
More clues leading to the result PUTUPJOB
- Craftily-plotted deed
- Con
- Bit of skulduggery
- Attempt to trick
- Sting, e.g.
- False accusation
- Prearranged conspiracy
More clues leading to the result ACEOUT
- Get the better of, as competition
- Defraud, in slang
- Get the better of
- Deprive fraudulently, in slang
- Con
- Defraud
- Gain an advantage over, in slang
- Beat, as the competition
- Get the better of, in slang
- Beat in competition
More clues leading to the result OLDARMYGAME
More clues leading to the result Spanish
- Before "moss" or "main"
- Cervantes wrote it
- Language common in Miami
- From Toledo, perhaps
- Kind of rice
- High school subject
- Kind of omelet
- García Lorca's language
- It can precede the start of 23- and 65-Across and 4-Down
- Kind of moss
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