The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word CON , but the solution may also be FAKERY which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Flimflam crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CON | 18 % | 3 |
| SCAM | 13 % | 4 |
| CHEAT | 9 % | 5 |
| RUSE | 4 % | 4 |
| FAKERY | 4 % | 6 |
| HOAX | 4 % | 4 |
| BUNCO | 4 % | 5 |
| GYP | 4 % | 3 |
| COZEN | 3 % | 5 |
| SKIN | 3 % | 4 |
| CHISEL | 3 % | 6 |
| HOCUSPOCUS | 3 % | 10 |
| CONJOB | 3 % | 6 |
| BILK | 3 % | 4 |
| JIVE | 1 % | 4 |
| HOODWINK | 1 % | 8 |
| FRAUD | 1 % | 5 |
| CONFIDENCEGAME | 1 % | 14 |
| HOCUS | 1 % | 5 |
| EUCHRE | 1 % | 6 |
| ROOK | 1 % | 4 |
| HOKUM | 1 % | 5 |
| FASTONE | 1 % | 7 |
| FOOL | 1 % | 4 |
| HOSE | 1 % | 4 |
| CONGAME | 1 % | 7 |
| TAKEIN | 1 % | 6 |
| LIE | 1 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Flimflam
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bunko
- sting
- con
- hustle
- con game
- confidence game
- bunco
- gyp
- bunco game
- bunko game
- skin
- swindle
Crossword Answer definitions
CON verb- To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
- To know, understand, acknowledge.
- A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
- (abbreviation) conservative
- A convicted criminal, a convict.
- A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
- To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
- The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."
- To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).
- An organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress.
- The conversion of part of a building.
- Consumption; pulmonary tuberculosis.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 BUNCO
- Confidence game
- Con game
- Dice-rolling game
- Flimflam
- Gambling swindle
- Swampland swindle, e.g.
- Squad that squelches swindlers
- Swindler's scheme
- Game with three dice
- A shell game, for instance.
More clues leading to the result GYP
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 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 CHISEL
- Swindle
- Woodworkers' tool
- Cheat
- Get by cheating
- Make a bust, maybe
- Stoneworker's tool
- Wedgelike tool
- Carve in stone
- Sculpting tool
- Flimflam
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 CONJOB
More clues leading to the result BILK
More clues leading to the result JIVE
- Tease, slangily
- Glib speech
- Jazz lingo
- Hipster's lingo
- Music form
- "Dancing With the Stars" dance
- Dog's tongue?
- Jazz jargon
- Jazzy jargon
- Hipster-ese
More clues leading to the result HOODWINK
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 CONFIDENCEGAME
More clues leading to the result HOCUS
- Pocus' partner
- Start of a magician's phrase
- Half a magic phrase
- With 59 Down, sleight of hand
- Conjurer's first word?
- Pocus lead-in
- Start of a magical incantation
- Half of a magician's rhyme
- Magical opening
- Magical start
More clues leading to the result EUCHRE
- Game played with 32 cards
- 32-card game
- Its highest card is jack of trumps
- Swindle
- Trick-taking game
- 32-card trick-taking game
- Game usually played with 32 cards
- Trick-taking card game
- Card game for 2, 3, or 4 players
- Game played with high cards
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 HOKUM
More clues leading to the result FASTONE
- Bit of chicanery
- Cheater's move
- What a hustler pulls
- Piece of trickery
- Scam, informally
- Scam that's "pulled"
- Slick trick that's "pulled"
- *Slick trick
- Slick trick
- Bit of deceit
More clues leading to the result FOOL
- Creamy dessert
- Blockhead
- April 1 victim
- "He who hesitates," per Mae West
- Idiot
- Meatball
- One who sits on a whoopee cushion
- Start of an eight-word stepquote
- Hoodwink
- Pull a prank on
More clues leading to the result HOSE
- Firefighter's need
- Stockings
- Tights
- Gardener's need
- Gardening aid
- Leg coverings
- Nylons
- Water down
- Some legwear
- "___ Who Kill" (Chloë Sevigny series)
More clues leading to the result CONGAME
- Scam
- Swindle
- It's a "sting"
- Hustle
- Sting
- Racket
- Swindler's routine.
- It may be played on a mark
- Scam ... or an apt title for this puzzle?
- Pig in a poke or pigeon drop
More clues leading to the result TAKEIN
- Adopt, in a way
- Garner
- Flimflam
- Provide lodging for
- Earn
- Adopt
- Bamboozle
- Deceive
- Gross at the store
- Adopt, as a puppy