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 |
| FORGE | 2 % | 5 |
| MOCK | 2 % | 4 |
| PSEUDO | 2 % | 6 |
| ERSATZ | 2 % | 6 |
| IMITATIVE | 1 % | 9 |
| SPURIOUS | 1 % | 8 |
| SIMULATE | 1 % | 8 |
| NOTGOOD | 1 % | 7 |
| TIN | 1 % | 3 |
| IMITATION | 1 % | 9 |
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 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 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 IMITATIVE
- Onomatopoeic
- Hardly original
- Counterfeit.
- Apish.
- Counterfeit
- Unoriginal
- Like store brands vis-à-vis name brands, typically
More clues leading to the result SPURIOUS
More clues leading to the result SIMULATE
More clues leading to the result NOTGOOD
More clues leading to the result TIN
- Jack Haley's metal
- Start to type
- Can material
- Oscar statuette, essentially
- Solder component
- __ ear
- Canister
- Element number 50
- Sardine' s home
- Word with whistle or cup