The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CONS , but the solution may also be LIESTO which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in Wall Street Journal).
Hoodwinks crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CONS | 38 % | 4 |
| DUPES | 19 % | 5 |
| SNOWS | 13 % | 5 |
| FOOLS | 9 % | 5 |
| GYPS | 6 % | 4 |
| OUTWITS | 3 % | 7 |
| SNOOKERS | 3 % | 8 |
| CHEATS | 3 % | 6 |
| MISLEADS | 3 % | 8 |
| LIESTO | 3 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hoodwinks
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- beguile
- bamboozle
- lead by the nose
- snow
- juggle
- play false
- dupes
- gulled
- grovels
- browbeats
- colludes
- skulks
Crossword Answer definitions
CONS noun- A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
- (abbreviation) conservative
- A convicted criminal, a convict.
- A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
- An organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress.
- The conversion of part of a building.
- A data structure in LISP that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.
- To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.
- To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
- To know, understand, acknowledge.
- To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
- To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).
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 CONS
- Bamboozles
- Time servers
- Negatives
- Yardbirds
- Swindles
- Puts one over on
- Takes for a ride
- Pen pals?
- Pen men
- Potential problems
More clues leading to the result DUPES
- Cat's-paws
- Deceives
- Fools, as I have never done to anyone in my life
- Marks
- Swindles
- Gullible guys
- Suckers in
- Patsies
- Plays for a fool
- Swindling victims
More clues leading to the result SNOWS
- "The ____ of Kilimanjaro"
- Hemingway's "The ____ of Kilimanjaro"
- __ under (overwhelms)
- "The __ of Kilimanjaro"
- Cons
- Falls in flakes
- Plays for a sucker
- Winter falls
- "The ___ of Kilimanjaro"
- Pulls a fast one on
More clues leading to the result FOOLS
- Jesters
- They rush in
- Takes in
- Bozos
- We mortals
- Ninnies
- No rocket scientists, they
- April honorees?
- April 1 prank victims
- They rush in where angels fear to tread
More clues leading to the result GYPS
More clues leading to the result OUTWITS
- Gets the best of
- Beats one's brains in?
- Bests à la Sherlock Holmes
- Gets the jump on
- Gets the better of
- Circumvents.
- Exceeds in cleverness
- Bests in brainpower
- *Defeats mentally
- Hoodwinks
More clues leading to the result SNOOKERS
More clues leading to the result CHEATS
- Plays in god mode, say
- Goes looking for answers?
- Looks to a friend for answers, perhaps
- Has an ace up one's sleeve
- Swindles
- Peeks on a test, say
- Swindlers
- Breaks the rules
- Deals from the bottom, say
- Has an ace up one's sleeve, say
More clues leading to the result MISLEADS
- Hornswoggles
- Hoodwinks
- Deceives
- Deceives.
- Bamboozles
- Is devious
- Deludes
- Isn't completely honest with
- Isn't totally straight with