The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BADGER , but the solution may also be SCAM which is one of the most recent solution (2005 in Newsday).
Con man's "game" crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BADGER | 25 % | 6 |
| SCAM | 25 % | 4 |
| BUNCO | 25 % | 5 |
| DECEIT | 25 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Con man's "game"
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bunco
- scam
- badger
- confidence man
- deceit
- dupe
- gyp
- shill
- flimflam
- bunko
- monte
- sting
Crossword Answer definitions
BADGER noun- Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).
- A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
- A brush made of badger hair.
- (in the plural) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
- To pester, to annoy persistently; press.
- To pass gas; to fart.
- An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
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 BADGER
- University of Wisconsin athlete
- Pester
- Wisconsin's official state animal
- Nag
- Pester constantly
- Harass
- Harry
- Annoy constantly
- Harass persistently
- Wisconsin native
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 BUNCO
- Confidence game
- Con game
- Dice-rolling game
- Flimflam
- Gambling swindle
- Swampland swindle, e.g.
- Squad that squelches swindlers
- Swindler's scheme
- Game with three dice
- A shell game, for instance.