The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MESS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Fool (with) crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MESS | 63 % | 4 |
| TOY | 25 % | 3 |
| TAMPER | 13 % | 6 |
Why may MESS be the right solution?
The answer "MESS" fits the clue "Fool (with)" because when you "mess" with something or someone, you are acting foolishly or playing around in a silly manner.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fool (with)
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fool about
- fool around
- clown around
- fool
- play the fool
- goof
- play for a fool
- act a fool
- goof around
- clown about
- toy with
- fall into a trap
Crossword Answer definitions
MESS noun- A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; disorder.
- A large quantity or number.
- Excrement.
- A person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck.
- (transitive, often used with "up") To make untidy or dirty.
- (transitive, often used with "up") To throw into disorder or to ruin.
- To interfere.
- (used with "with") To screw around with, to bother, to be annoying to.
- Mass; a church service.
- A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; also, the food given to an animal at one time.
- A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel who eat at the same table.
- A building or room in which mess is eaten.
- A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner).
- The milk given by a cow at one milking.
- To take meals with a mess.
- To belong to a mess.
- To eat (with others).
- To supply with a mess.
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 MESS
- Boot-camp fare
- Interfere
- Military meal
- Not a pretty sight
- Quantico cuisine
- Recruit's dinner
- Shambles
- Teen's room, often
- Army chow
- Predicament
More clues leading to the result TOY
- Pekingese, e.g.
- Play object
- Shih Tzu, e.g.
- String along
- Yoyo
- Bit of kiddie litter
- Plaything
- Yo-yo or Frisbee
- Play (with), as someone's heart
- AKC category