The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SOAKS , but the solution may also be ROBS which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in LA Times).
Fleeces crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SOAKS | 18 % | 5 |
| SKINS | 14 % | 5 |
| SCAMS | 11 % | 5 |
| SHEARS | 11 % | 6 |
| WOOLS | 7 % | 5 |
| CONS | 7 % | 4 |
| ROBS | 7 % | 4 |
| DEFRAUDS | 7 % | 8 |
| BILKS | 7 % | 5 |
| FLAYS | 4 % | 5 |
| ROOKS | 4 % | 5 |
| CHEATS | 4 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fleeces
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
- bilks
Crossword Answer definitions
SOAKS noun- An immersion in water etc.
- A drunkard.
- A carouse; a drinking session.
- A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
- To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
- To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
- To take money from.
- To drink intemperately or gluttonously.
- To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
- To absorb; to drain.
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 SOAKS
- Saturates
- Lingers in the tub
- Engages in price gouging
- Gets good and wet
- Drenches
- Dampens completely
- Enjoys a bathtub
- Enjoys a long bath
- Wets thoroughly
- Enjoys a bubble bath
More clues leading to the result SKINS
- Pellicles
- Providers of cell phone coverage?
- Pelts
- Team in a pickup game, maybe
- Pick-up hoops team
- Shirts' opponents
- Shucks
- Dollars, slangily
- Outer surfaces
- Hides
More clues leading to the result SCAMS
- Flimflams
- Ponzi schemes
- Rackets
- Confidence games
- Con games
- Pro con activities?
- Fleeces
- Fleecing activities
- Con jobs
- Bogus offers
More clues leading to the result SHEARS
- Health scare of 2002-'03
- Topiarist's tool
- Hedge-trimming tool
- Hedge trimmers
- Topiary tool
- Dressmaker's tool
- Woolshed tool
- Removes with clippers
- Hedge trimmer's tool
- Clipping tool
More clues leading to the result WOOLS
- Woven fabrics
- Cashmere and merino
- Warm fabrics
- Scottish exports
- Tweed fabrics
- Winter fabrics
- Angora and alpaca
- Fleeces
- Alpaca and vicuña
- Tweeds
More clues leading to the result CONS
- Bamboozles
- Time servers
- Negatives
- Yardbirds
- Swindles
- Puts one over on
- Takes for a ride
- Pen pals?
- Pen men
- Potential problems
More clues leading to the result ROBS
More clues leading to the result DEFRAUDS
More clues leading to the result BILKS
- Sells a bill of goods to
- Swindles
- Defrauds
- Takes for a ride
- Takes to the cleaners, so to speak
- Takes for a ride, so to speak
- Cheats
- Takes to the cleaners
- Chisels
- Defrauds.
More clues leading to the result FLAYS
- Excoriates
- Chews out
- Scolds scathingly
- Criticizes severely
- Castigates
- Criticizes harshly
- Strongly criticizes
- Strips the hide off.
- Censures.
- Excoriates.
More clues leading to the result ROOKS
- Chess castle
- Corner pieces
- Knights neighbors
- Castles
- Corner pieces?
- They can move across ranks and files
- Chess "castles"
- They move along ranks and files
- Swindles
- Castles on boards