The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SLEUTH which also is the latest solution we found used in Universal uClick in 2021.
Detective crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLEUTH | 40 % | 6 |
| GUMSHOE | 8 % | 7 |
| SHAMUS | 8 % | 6 |
| TRACER | 8 % | 6 |
| HAWKSHAW | 8 % | 8 |
| OPERATIVE | 4 % | 9 |
| AGENT | 4 % | 5 |
| SPOTTER | 4 % | 7 |
| POIROTAC | 4 % | 8 |
| TAILER | 4 % | 6 |
| SNOOP | 4 % | 5 |
| TRACKER | 4 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Detective
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- investigator
- tec
- police detective
- hawkshaw
- officer
- supervisor
- agent
- inspectorate
- constable
- captain
- policeman
- superintendent
Crossword Answer definitions
SLEUTH noun- A detective.
- A sleuth-hound; a bloodhound.
- An animal’s trail or track.
- To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.
- Slowness; laziness, sloth.
- A collective term for a group of bears.
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 SLEUTH
- Hammer or Spade
- Wimsey, for one
- Gumshoe
- Oliver-Caine film
- Detective
- '72 Laurence Olivier mystery
- Olivier/Caine mystery of '73
- Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot
- Olivier/Caine mystery of 1972
- Movie with Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier
More clues leading to the result GUMSHOE
- Protagonist in hard-boiled fiction
- Sleuth, informally
- Mike Hammer, for example, in slang
- Follower of a cold case, perhaps
- Dick
- Sam Spade, e.g., slangily
- Private eye
- Detective
- Case worker?
- Detective: Slang.
More clues leading to the result SHAMUS
- Gumshoe
- Detective
- Private eye
- Dick
- Detective, in slang
- Private detective
- Private detective: Slang.
- "Private eye.”
- Private eye.
- Detective: Slang.
More clues leading to the result TRACER
- PI or bullet
- Lost-package inquiry
- Missing-persons investigator
- Shipping inquiry
- Inquiry about a lost parcel
- Shipment inquiry
- Tracking of a missing parcel, e.g.
- Kind of bullet
- Private eye, at times
- Detective, at times
More clues leading to the result HAWKSHAW
More clues leading to the result OPERATIVE
- Spy
- Undercover agent
- Functioning effectively
- Agent
- FBI agent.
- Garment worker or detective.
- Agent.
- Detective.
- Agent or artisan.
- Working
More clues leading to the result AGENT
- "The X-Files" type
- 007 or 99, e.g.
- 007, for one
- 99 was one
- Ten-percenter
- Writer's rep
- 10%-er
- Go-between
- IRS employee
- Maxwell Smart, e.g.
More clues leading to the result SPOTTER
- Gymnastics coach, at times
- Gymnastics figure
- Helper during gym practice
- Dry cleaner employee
- Detective.
- Member of Operation Airwatch.
- C. D. worker.
- Automatic bowling machine.
- Lookout.
- Sportscaster's helper.
More clues leading to the result POIROTAC
More clues leading to the result TAILER
- Detective's role at times
- Carrier in a thresher.
- Detective.
- Private eye, when he shadows.
- Sleuth.
- Follower.
- Tec, at times
- Private eye, at times
- P.I., at times
More clues leading to the result SNOOP
- Spy on
- Nosy sort
- Dig through someone's garbage, say
- Nosy Parker
- "Gin & Juice" rapper
- One who peels back a piece of the Christmas wrapping, e.g.
- Pry and then some
- Busybody
- Get inquisitive
- Work as a shamus