Answer to "Hatchet man" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GOON , but the solution may also be AXER which is one of the most recent solution (2013 in New York Times).

Hatchet man crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
GOON	27 %	4
FIRER	27 %	5
AXER	18 %	4
ASSASSIN	9 %	8
HEWER	9 %	5
AXASSESSOR	9 %	10

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hatchet man

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• iceman
• enforcer
• man-killer
• gunman
• button man
• gun-for-hire
• hitperson
• knifeman
• hatcheler
• hitter
• knifesman
• mechanic

Crossword Answer definitions

GOON noun

1. A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
2. A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
3. An enforcer or fighter.
4. (WWII, PoW slang) A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.
5. A member of the comedy web site Something Awful.

GOON noun

1. A wine flagon or cask.
2. Cheap or inferior cask wine.

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 GOON

• Hatchet man
• Hoodlum
• Hired thug
• Continue
• Thug
• Keep at it
• "Continue"
• "You were saying?"
• Enforcer
• Dumb thug

More clues leading to the result FIRER

• Personnel director, at times
• Pink slip issuer
• Trigger man
• One with an ax?
• Pottery worker
• Pink-slip issuer
• Personnel manager, at times
• One wielding an ax?
• Kiln operator
• Canning specialist

More clues leading to the result AXER

• Lumberjack
• One imposing a burden
• Downsizer
• Ruthless boss
• Pink-slip dispenser
• The one firing
• One firing
• Pink-slip giver
• One who cans?
• Paul Bunyan, at times

More clues leading to the result ASSASSIN

• Hit man
• Booth, for one
• Hatchet man
• *One with a contract, say
• Offer?
• Booth or Oswald
• Hired gun
• Hit man, e.g.
• Mr. or Mrs. Smith, in a 2005 film
• Brutus, for one

More clues leading to the result HEWER

• Lumberjack at work
• Hatchet man
• Lumberjack, often
• One who's quite a feller?
• Chopper
• Hack artist?
• Logger at work
• Ax wielder
• Lumberjack, e.g.
• Cutting-edge worker?

More clues leading to the result AXASSESSOR

• Hatchet man?