The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SCAM which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Hustle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCAM | 33 % | 4 |
| HIE | 14 % | 3 |
| SCOOT | 8 % | 5 |
| RUSH | 6 % | 4 |
| RACE | 4 % | 4 |
| SCURRY | 4 % | 6 |
| MOTOR | 4 % | 5 |
| SCUD | 4 % | 4 |
| SPEED | 2 % | 5 |
| SHILL | 2 % | 5 |
| WHEELANDDEAL | 2 % | 12 |
| SNOWJOB | 2 % | 7 |
| FASTONE | 2 % | 7 |
| MAKEHASTE | 2 % | 9 |
| HURRY | 2 % | 5 |
| STEPONIT | 2 % | 8 |
| TROT | 2 % | 4 |
| CONGAME | 2 % | 7 |
| FLIMFLAM | 2 % | 8 |
| ASAP | 2 % | 4 |
Why may SCAM be the right solution?
The answer "SCAM" fits the clue "Hustle" because a scam is a dishonest scheme or fraud, often used to deceive or trick someone into giving up their money or valuables. This matches the idea of hustling, which involves trying to obtain something through deceptive or fraudulent means.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hustle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bustle
- stir
- pluck
- roll
- fuss
- gyp
- bunco
- con game
- confidence game
- sting
- bunko
- con
Crossword Answer definitions
SCAM noun- A fraudulent deal.
- Something that is promoted using scams.
- To defraud or embezzle.
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 SCAM
- Sting
- Get-rich-quick offering, often
- Hoodwink
- Shell game, e.g.
- Con game
- Con man's trick
- Deceptive act
- Pyramid scheme?
- Three-card monte, for one
- Flimflam
More clues leading to the result HIE
- Get a move on
- Step on it
- Get the lead out
- Hasten
- Hurry
- Hurry, old style
- Not dawdle
- Shakespeare's "Move it!"
- Go quickly
- Go rapidly
More clues leading to the result SCOOT
- Hightail it
- Hotfoot it
- Go lickety-split
- Motor along the floor
- Move quickly
- Dart
- Go speedily
- Skedaddle
- Shake a leg
- "Get outta here!"
More clues leading to the result RUSH
- First name in talk radio
- __-hour traffic
- First name in pontification
- Hurry
- 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees
- Kind of job that 20-Acrosses always feel like
- See 24-Down
- Advance on the gridiron
- Horsetail, for one
- Commuter convergence
More clues leading to the result RACE
- 440 or marathon
- Daytona event
- Indy, for one
- Marathon
- Meet event
- It may be three-legged
- Mile or 10K
- Compete
- Compete with Unser
- Indy 500
More clues leading to the result SCURRY
- Run
- Hustle
- Scamper
- Rush
- Proceed hurriedly
- Move like a beetle
- Run like a rodent
- Hasten
- Flee, mouse-style
- Move like a squirrel
More clues leading to the result MOTOR
- Hood's concealment
- Type of inn
- Tool around
- Type of bike or inn
- Kind of pool or home
- Motion-producing device
- Energy converter
- Glider's lack
- Part of DMV
- Bus driver?
More clues leading to the result SCUD
- Gust of wind
- Gulf War missile
- Patriot's target
- Missile
- Patriot missile's prey
- Go like blown clouds
- Move fast, as a cloud
- Desert Storm weapon
- Gulf-war missile
- Sail along, as clouds
More clues leading to the result SPEED
- Floor it
- Risk a summons
- Defy the limit
- Put the pedal to the metal
- Rate of movement
- Velocity
- Exceed the limit
- Risk a ticket
- Ignore the limit
- Going rate?
More clues leading to the result SHILL
- Scam sideman
- Decoy
- Con artist's aide
- Decoy customer
- Pitchman's decoy
- Scam decoy
- Con man's accomplice
- Carny's helper
- Carnival setup man
- Pitchman's confederate
More clues leading to the result WHEELANDDEAL
More clues leading to the result SNOWJOB
- Deceptive effort, slangily
- Flattering trickery
- Subtle scam
- Deception using exaggeration
- Flattering deception
- Calculated flattery
- *Flattering deception
- Hustle
- Attempt to deceive using flattery
- Bland deception
More clues leading to the result FASTONE
- Bit of chicanery
- Cheater's move
- What a hustler pulls
- Piece of trickery
- Scam, informally
- Scam that's "pulled"
- Slick trick that's "pulled"
- *Slick trick
- Slick trick
- Bit of deceit
More clues leading to the result MAKEHASTE
More clues leading to the result HURRY
- "There's not a minute to spare!"
- "Don't delay!"
- Don't delay
- Rush
- "Step on it!"
- Expediate
- "Get a move on!"
- Clue for 17, 53 Across, and 11, 26 Down
- Speed it up
- "Come on!"
More clues leading to the result STEPONIT
- "Hurry up!"
- Words to a cabbie
- Command to a cabbie
- "Shake a leg!"
- Order to a slow cab driver
- Shout to a slow cabbie
- "Get moving!"
- Hurry
- Shake a leg
- "Get going!"
More clues leading to the result TROT
- Fox or turkey chaser
- Hot to __ (eager)
- Medium pace
- Hambletonian gait
- Horse walk
- Gait
- Horse's gait
- Sulky contest
- __ out (introduce)
- Scamper
More clues leading to the result CONGAME
- Scam
- Swindle
- It's a "sting"
- Hustle
- Sting
- Racket
- Swindler's routine.
- It may be played on a mark
- Scam ... or an apt title for this puzzle?
- Pig in a poke or pigeon drop