The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TECS which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2023.
Gumshoes crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TECS | 78 % | 4 |
| SLEUTHS | 6 % | 7 |
| SHAMUSES | 5 % | 8 |
| PIS | 5 % | 3 |
| DICKS | 2 % | 5 |
| SNOOPS | 2 % | 6 |
| DETECTS | 2 % | 7 |
| SNOOPERS | 2 % | 8 |
Why may TECS be the right solution?
The answer "TECS" is the right solution because "gumshoes" is a slang term for detectives, and "TECS" is a common abbreviation for detectives in crossword puzzles.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Gumshoes
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- galosh
- dick
- hawkshaw
- golosh
- arctic
- rubber
- tecs
- sleuth
- narcs
- snoops
- detective
- shamus
Crossword Answer definitions
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 TECS
- Sleuths
- Columbo, Spade, and others
- Private eyes, in slang
- Clue finders
- Dicks
- Gumshoes
- Gumshoes, for short
- Investigating cops
- Private eyes
- Sleuths, for short
More clues leading to the result SLEUTHS
- Mystery crackers
- Mystery men?
- Clue interpreters
- Investigators
- Detectives
- Moto and Chan
- Spade and Hammer
- Holmes and Poirot
- Magnum et al.
- Gumshoes
More clues leading to the result SHAMUSES
More clues leading to the result PIS
- Greek letters
- Detectives, for short
- Little dicks?
- Dicks
- Geometric constants
- Geometry symbols
- Parts of geometry calculations
- Sleuths (abbr.)
- _Tant ____ (so much the worse)
- Magnum et al. (abbr.)
More clues leading to the result DICKS
- Gumshoes, and a hint to the starts of 17-, 26-, 46-, and 61-Across
- Legendary Seattle drive-in restaurant
- Tecs
- Clark and Tracy
- Gumshoes
- Senators Lugar and Durbin
More clues leading to the result SNOOPS
- Eavesdrops or pries
- Busybodies
- Pries
- Pokes around
- Nosy people
- Pokes one's nose in
- Eavesdroppers
- Puts one's nose where it doesn't belong
- Nosy Parkers
- Meddlesome sorts
More clues leading to the result DETECTS
- Spots
- Senses
- Sniffs out, say
- Picks up
- Discerns
- Uncovers
- Uses radar
- Sniffs out
- Picks up, as a scent
- Picks up on