The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SHAM , but the solution may also be ROT which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in Wall Street Journal).
Humbug crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHAM | 22 % | 4 |
| FLAM | 18 % | 4 |
| BAH | 16 % | 3 |
| FLIMFLAM | 9 % | 8 |
| BOSH | 7 % | 4 |
| ROT | 6 % | 3 |
| NONSENSE | 3 % | 8 |
| BEE | 1 % | 3 |
| EYA | 1 % | 3 |
| FRAUD | 1 % | 5 |
| GUFF | 1 % | 4 |
| FAKE | 1 % | 4 |
| CANT | 1 % | 4 |
| BUNCOMBE | 1 % | 8 |
| CLAPTRAP | 1 % | 8 |
| TOMMYROT | 1 % | 8 |
| PSHAW | 1 % | 5 |
| FAKER | 1 % | 5 |
| GAS | 1 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Humbug
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- twaddle
- tommyrot
- tarradiddle
- bosh
- drool
- taradiddle
- tosh
- bilgewater
- boloney
- baloney
- sham
- deception
Crossword Answer definitions
SHAM noun- A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
- Trickery, hoaxing.
- A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
- A decorative cover for a pillow.
- To deceive, cheat, lie.
- To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
- To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
- Intended to deceive; false.
- Counterfeit; unreal
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 SHAM
- Bogus
- Decorative cover
- Fake
- Pillow cover
- Pillow protector
- Sam the __ and the Pharaohs
- Bedding item
- Deceit
- Fraud
- Hoax
More clues leading to the result FLAM
- Drum fill
- Drumming rudiment
- "The Flim ___ Man" (1967 film)
- "The Flim ___ Man"
- Deception
- Quick da-dum, on drum
- Drumbeat
- Trick
- Hoax
- Two-stroke drumbeat
More clues leading to the result BAH
- Cry to Cratchit
- Dickensian epithet
- Pooh-__
- Scrooge's retort
- ___ Humbug
- Scrooge's favorite reply
- Ebenezer's epithet
- Grouch's word
- Scrooge's oath
- "Phooey!"
More clues leading to the result FLIMFLAM
More clues leading to the result BOSH
- "Baloney!"
- "Nonsense!"
- Poppycock
- "Hogwash!"
- Rubbish
- Wade's teammate
- Meaningless talk
- "Poppycock!"
- Reply to an amazing announcement
- "Fiddlesticks!"
More clues leading to the result ROT
More clues leading to the result NONSENSE
- Balderdash
- Tomfoolery
- "Pshaw!"
- Meaningless talk
- Malarkey
- Hogwash
- "Balderdash!"
- Jabberwocky
- Applesauce!
- "Hogwash!"
More clues leading to the result BEE
- Belushi's "killer" character
- Drone, e.g.
- Royal jelly producer
- Spelling affair
- Spelling event
- Stinger sporter
- Waxmaker
- Frequent flyer?
- Kind of line
- Propolis collector
More clues leading to the result EYA
More clues leading to the result FRAUD
- Impostor
- Charlatan
- Mountebank
- Trickery
- Bunco squad's concern
- Criminal deception
- Super duper
- Dupery
- Businessman's crime
- Deceptive crime
More clues leading to the result GUFF
More clues leading to the result FAKE
More clues leading to the result CANT
- Defeatist's word
- Isn't capable of
- Argot
- Patois
- Slanting surface
- Slope
- Tilted position
- "This __ be!"
- Lean to one side
- "You ___ fight city hall"
More clues leading to the result BUNCOMBE
More clues leading to the result CLAPTRAP
More clues leading to the result TOMMYROT
More clues leading to the result PSHAW
- Expression of disbelief
- Contemptuous remark
- Scornful remark
- "Bah!"
- "Baloney!"
- Bosh!
- Shucks
- "Suuuuure"
- "Balderdash!"
- "Fiddlesticks!"
More clues leading to the result FAKER
- One who plays possum, for example
- Phony
- Charlatan
- Quack
- Con artist
- Impostor
- Phony person
- Pretender
- Actor, usually
- Fraud