The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LIE , but the solution may also be SCAM which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Deception crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LIE | 19 % | 3 |
| RUSE | 16 % | 4 |
| FLAM | 14 % | 4 |
| SHAM | 14 % | 4 |
| HOAX | 11 % | 4 |
| SCAM | 5 % | 4 |
| CHICANE | 3 % | 7 |
| DUPERY | 3 % | 6 |
| FAKERY | 2 % | 6 |
| TRICK | 1 % | 5 |
| GUILE | 1 % | 5 |
| PUTON | 1 % | 5 |
| FRAUD | 1 % | 5 |
| SMOKESCREEN | 1 % | 11 |
| TRICKERY | 1 % | 8 |
| IMPOSTURE | 1 % | 9 |
| WILE | 1 % | 4 |
| DODGE | 1 % | 5 |
| REDHERRING | 1 % | 10 |
| HOCUSPOCUS | 1 % | 10 |
| CHARADE | 1 % | 7 |
| FLIMFLAM | 1 % | 8 |
| FAKEOUT | 1 % | 7 |
| UNDERHANDEDNESS | 1 % | 15 |
Why may LIE be the right solution?
The answer to "Deception" is "LIE" because a lie is a deliberate false statement or action intended to deceive someone.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Deception
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dissimulation
- dissembling
- deceit
- trick
- misrepresentation
- illusion
- legerdemain
- magic trick
- magic
- conjuring trick
- hoax
- falsification
Crossword Answer definitions
LIE noun- The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
- The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
- The position of a fetus in the womb.
- A manner of lying; relative position.
- An animal's lair.
- To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To be placed or situated.
- To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
- Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
- Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
- Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
- To lodge; to sleep.
- To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
- To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
- To convey a false image or impression.
- To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
- An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
- A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth
- Anything that misleads or disappoints.
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 LIE
- "The check is in the mail," often
- Course position
- Fish story
- Flunk a polygraph
- Golfer's consideration
- Make the polygraph go nuts
- Pinocchio's downfall
- Sprawl
- Swear that black is white
- Tell a whopper
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 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 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 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 CHICANE
- Deception
- Do a snow job on
- Trickery
- Hoodwink
- Sharp practice.
- Bridge hand sans trumps.
- Trickery.
- Get by mean means.
- Trick
- Obstacle on a car-racing track
More clues leading to the result DUPERY
More clues leading to the result FAKERY
- Flimflam
- Trickster's forte
- Quackery: Coloq.
- Artful art.
- Deception
- Flimflammery
- Deceitful doings
- Smoke and mirrors
- Deceit
- Deceptive doings
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 GUILE
- Artful deception
- Cunning
- Sly quality
- Sneaky manner
- Trickery
- Iago's talent
- Craftiness
- Duplicity
- Shrewdness
- Wiliness
More clues leading to the result PUTON
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
More clues leading to the result SMOKESCREEN
- Camouflage
- Camouflage, and another title for this puzzle
- Deceptive device
- Deceptive action
- Deceptive measure
- Deception
- Means of deception
- A diversionary move.
- Naval stratagem.
- Camouflage.
More clues leading to the result TRICKERY
More clues leading to the result IMPOSTURE
- Aim of identity theft
- False pretenses
- Deception under a false character.
- Fraud.
- Deception
- Instance of pretending to be someone else
More clues leading to the result WILE
- __ E. Coyote
- Stratagem
- Bit of chicanery
- Scheming
- Sneaky trick
- Trick
- Artifice
- Sly stratagem
- Beguiling trick
- Pass, with "away"
More clues leading to the result DODGE
- Caravan maker
- Adroitly avoid
- Sidestep
- Ram's parent?
- Steer clear of
- Durango maker
- Duck
- Charger or Challenger
- Avoid
- Viper manufacturer
More clues leading to the result REDHERRING
- Misleading clue
- Misleading lead
- Embarrassed fish?
- Artful dodge
- Device used in mystery writing
- Fake footprint at the murder scene, e.g.
- *Whodunit staple
- Distracting literary device
- Whodunit misdirection
- False clue
More clues leading to the result HOCUSPOCUS
- Nonsense
- Laugh near border adjoining Orange County, U.S., for a spell (5,5)
- Sleight of hand
- Wizard's words
- Sleight of hand, or a novel
- Magician's words
- Words before disappearing, perhaps
- Bit of deception
- Magical expression
- Sleight of hand.
More clues leading to the result CHARADE
- Trick
- 1963 Cary Grant film
- ...and another
- Blatant deception
- Deception
- Elaborate pretense
- Obvious sham
- Blatant pretense
- Pretentious deception
- Obvious deceit