The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GOONS which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2019.
Hired thugs crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GOONS | 69 % | 5 |
| APES | 23 % | 4 |
| GOONSQUAD | 8 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hired thugs
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gang
- heat
- ice
- ape
- detective
- goon
- hit man
- hoodlum
- muscle
- muscleman
- death squad
- goons
Crossword Answer definitions
GOONS noun- A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
- A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
- An enforcer or fighter.
- (WWII, PoW slang) A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.
- A member of the comedy web site Something Awful.
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 GOONS
- Mob thugs
- Hockey enforcers
- Syndicate subordinates
- Hockey thugs
- Hired thugs
- Thugs
- Squad members?
- Hoods
- Enforcers
- Hoodlums
More clues leading to the result APES
- Big lugs
- Copies
- Edgar Rice Burroughs characters
- Mimics
- "2001" characters
- Follows suit
- Imitates
- Does a takeoff
- Gibbons
- Jungle critters