The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHEAR , but the solution may also be ROB which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Fleece crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHEAR | 24 % | 5 |
| SCAM | 10 % | 4 |
| SKIN | 9 % | 4 |
| ROOK | 9 % | 4 |
| CON | 9 % | 3 |
| BILK | 9 % | 4 |
| WOOL | 8 % | 4 |
| ROB | 7 % | 3 |
| CLIP | 4 % | 4 |
| GYP | 2 % | 3 |
| MILK | 2 % | 4 |
| CHEAT | 1 % | 5 |
| COZEN | 1 % | 5 |
| MULCT | 1 % | 5 |
| SOAK | 1 % | 4 |
| GOUGE | 1 % | 5 |
| TRIM | 1 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fleece
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wool
- sheepskin
- shear
- hook
- soak
- plume
- pluck
- rob
- overcharge
- gazump
- surcharge
- woollen
Crossword Answer definitions
SHEAR noun- A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
- The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
- Forces that push in opposite directions.
- A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- To remove the fleece from a sheep etc by clipping.
- To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
- To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- To make a vertical cut in the coal.
- To reap, as grain.
- To deprive of property; to fleece.
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 SHEAR
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 SKIN
- Body covering
- Peel
- Rind
- It's got you covered
- Onion throwaway
- Tattoo spot
- iPhone covering
- Canvas for tattoos
- Tattoo canvas
- What's got you covered
More clues leading to the result ROOK
- Castling requirement
- Cheat
- Versification
- Chess piece
- Kasparov's piece
- One of Deep Blue's men
- He guards the corner of the chessboard
- Corner piece
- Castling piece
- Rank-and-file chess piece
More clues leading to the result CON
- Jailer's charge
- Man in the pen
- Joint tenant
- Kind of game
- Take for a ride
- Thimblerig
- Swindle
- __ brio
- One who didn't dodge a charge?
- Spam, often (and the start of a split order of rice porridge)
More clues leading to the result BILK
More clues leading to the result WOOL
- Merino product
- Lamb's product
- Yarn
- Blanket material
- Merino, for example
- Coat stuff, say
- Suit fabric
- Shear fabric?
- Socks makeup
- Suit material
More clues leading to the result ROB
- Carl's son
- Half a Walter Scott novel
- Hold up
- Knock over
- Reiner or Roy
- A Reiner
- Plunder
- Rifle
- Burgle
- Steal from
More clues leading to the result CLIP
- Brooch
- What you do with coupons
- __-on tie
- Bit of film
- Hair holder
- Kind of joint
- Shorten
- Type of board
- Paper fastener
- Shear off
More clues leading to the result GYP
More clues leading to the result MILK
- Cow juice
- Dairy product
- Udder delight?
- Honey's partner?
- Best Actor role for Penn
- Exploit
- Exploit fully
- Word with shake or snake
- Kids' meal drink
- Honey's partner
More clues leading to the result CHEAT
- Deceive by trickery
- Shortchange, say
- Peek at the answer
- Peek during a test
- Break the rules
- Steal answers
- Get an A by stealth
- Refuse to play by the rules
- Swindle
- Use a crib sheet
More clues leading to the result COZEN
- Cheat
- Defraud
- Fleece
- Swindle
- Deceive
- Lead down the garden path
- Trick
- Hoodwink
- Defraud.
- Defraud in a paltry way.
More clues leading to the result MULCT
- Swindle
- Punish with a fine
- Pine.
- Deprive of something by trickery.
- Fine.
- Fleece.
- Deprive by trickery.
- Deprive of something, as by fraud.
- Deprive of by trickery.
- Defraud.
More clues leading to the result SOAK
- Overcharge
- Tend to a stain
- Drench
- Laze in the bubble bath
- Washer cycle
- Part of a wash cycle
- Charge too much
- Linger in the tub
- Long bath
- Post-game activity
More clues leading to the result GOUGE
- Overcharge
- Chisel
- Swindle
- Overcharge, big time
- Goove-making tool
- Overcharge in a big way
- Overcharge but good
- Chisel relative
- Woodworking tool
- Take advantage of