The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HORSE , but the solution may also be LOLLYGAG which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Fool (around) crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HORSE | 31 % | 5 |
| SCREW | 8 % | 5 |
| LALLYGAG | 8 % | 8 |
| TRIFLE | 8 % | 6 |
| JEST | 8 % | 4 |
| KID | 8 % | 3 |
| CLOWN | 8 % | 5 |
| PLAY | 8 % | 4 |
| LOLLYGAG | 8 % | 8 |
| PHILANDER | 8 % | 9 |
Why may LOLLYGAG be the right solution?
"Lollygag" is a synonym for fooling around or wasting time. It fits the clue "Fool around" perfectly because it means to spend time aimlessly or goof off.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fool (around)
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- play around
- arse around
- horse around
- fool
- fool about
- goof around
- play the fool
- mess around
- monkey around
- clown around
- screw around
- fool with
Crossword Answer definitions
HORSE noun- Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus.
- Equipment with legs.
- Type of equipment.
- A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
- The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
- An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see Variations of basketball#H-O-R-S-E).
- (among students) A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
- (among students) horseplay; tomfoolery
- To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)
- To provide with a horse; supply horses for.
- To get on horseback.
- To sit astride of; to bestride.
- (of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).
- To take or carry on the back.
- To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; (hence) to flog.
- To urge at work tyrannically.
- To charge for work before it is finished.
- Heroin (drug).
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 HORSE
- Mister Ed, for one
- Silver or Scout
- Team member
- Carpenter's device
- Orb, for one
- Preakness entrant
- Showoff's game on the court
- Basketball game involving trick shots
- Gymnastic event
- Basketball variation
More clues leading to the result SCREW
- Propeller
- Archimedes' __
- Threaded bolt
- Phillips head item
- Threaded fastener
- Fool around
- Propeller sort
- Propeller type
- Prison guard
- A driver turns it
More clues leading to the result LALLYGAG
More clues leading to the result TRIFLE
- Alcoholic pastry
- Paltry matter
- Dally
- Hardly anything
- Christmas cake
- Bagatelle
- Insignificant thing
- Insignificant amount
- No big thing at all
- Insignificant detail
More clues leading to the result JEST
- Prank
- Entertain the court?
- Speak playfully
- Amusing act
- Be less than serious
- "Surely, you __!"
- Humorous remark
- Merry prank or joke
- Merry prank
- Witticism
More clues leading to the result KID
- "Muskrat Ramble" composer Ory
- "The Yellow ___"
- Josh
- Glove leather
- Pull one's leg
- Young goat
- Make fun of
- Joke
- Baby goat
- "Star Wars ___" (viral video)
More clues leading to the result CLOWN
- * :o)
- Entertainer that scares some kids
- One with big shoes to fill?
- Gaudy makeup wearer
- Krusty, for one
- Bozo, e.g.
- Children's party performer
- Bumpkin
- Clarabell on "Howdy Doody"
- Circus performer
More clues leading to the result PLAY
- Assembly show
- Word with squeeze or power
- Broadway offering
- Off-Broadway offering
- Stage offering
- Android app store
- Google Android Market successor
- Have fun
- It's seen when you draw the curtain
- Cassette function