The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SHAM , but the solution may also be ERSATZ which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Counterfeit crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHAM | 41 % | 4 |
| FAKE | 20 % | 4 |
| BOGUS | 9 % | 5 |
| BAD | 5 % | 3 |
| PHONY | 5 % | 5 |
| IMITATE | 3 % | 7 |
| FALSE | 3 % | 5 |
| PSEUDO | 2 % | 6 |
| ERSATZ | 2 % | 6 |
| FORGE | 2 % | 5 |
| MOCK | 2 % | 4 |
| SPURIOUS | 1 % | 8 |
| IMITATIVE | 1 % | 9 |
| IMITATION | 1 % | 9 |
| SIMULATE | 1 % | 8 |
| NOTGOOD | 1 % | 7 |
| TIN | 1 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Counterfeit
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fake
- forgery
- phony
- imitation
- bogus
- phoney
- forged
- inauthentic
- false
- unauthentic
- spurious
- fictitious
Crossword Answer definitions
SHAM noun- A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
- Trickery, hoaxing.
- A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
- A decorative cover for a pillow.
- To deceive, cheat, lie.
- To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
- To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
- Intended to deceive; false.
- Counterfeit; unreal
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 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 FAKE
More clues leading to the result BOGUS
- Fraudulent
- Like funny money
- Like the Piltdown Man
- Phony
- Sham
- Fake
- Like a three-dollar bill
- Like a slug
- Not legitimate
- Counterfeit
More clues leading to the result BAD
- Adverse
- Below standard
- Michael Jackson smash
- Not good
- "___ Boys" (1983)
- "___ Moon Rising"
- Quite inadequate
- Rotten egg, e.g.
- Unfavorable
- Incorrect
More clues leading to the result PHONY
More clues leading to the result IMITATE
More clues leading to the result FALSE
- Like some pretenses or teeth
- Kind of alarm or arrest
- Distorted
- Phoney baloney
- Exam answer
- Quiz choice
- Phony
- Quiz answer
- Like a whopper
- Counterfeit
More clues leading to the result PSEUDO
- Spurious
- False
- False start?
- Prefix meaning "false"
- False front?
- Prefix meaning "fake"
- Pretended
- Prefix with science
- False: Pref.
- Prefix with intellectual
More clues leading to the result ERSATZ
- Artificial
- Being an inferior substitute
- Imitation
- Manufactured
- Faux
- Fake
- Margarine, vis- -vis butter
- Sham
- Mock
- Not the real thing
More clues leading to the result FORGE
- Smithy
- Deceptively copy
- Make bogus bills
- Hammer into shape
- Milieu for hammers and anvils
- Beat into shape
- Hammer out
- Blacksmith's workplace
- Make, as funny money
- Reproduce fraudulently
More clues leading to the result MOCK
More clues leading to the result SPURIOUS
More clues leading to the result IMITATIVE
- Onomatopoeic
- Hardly original
- Counterfeit.
- Apish.
- Counterfeit
- Unoriginal
- Like store brands vis-à-vis name brands, typically
More clues leading to the result IMITATION
- Dupe
- Faux
- Fake
- Knockoff
- "___ of Christ."—Kempis.
- Counterfeit.
- Not the real McCoy.
- Not the real thing.
- Ersatz
- Copy