The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PELF , but the solution may also be LUCRE which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Ill-gotten gains crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PELF | 32 % | 4 |
| LOOT | 26 % | 4 |
| SWAG | 14 % | 4 |
| LUCRE | 8 % | 5 |
| FILTHYLUCRE | 6 % | 11 |
| GRIFT | 5 % | 5 |
| BOOTY | 4 % | 5 |
| RAKEOFFS | 2 % | 8 |
| PELFS | 1 % | 5 |
| BOOKIEDOUGH | 1 % | 11 |
| DIRTYMONEY | 1 % | 10 |
| GRAFT | 1 % | 5 |
| MONEY | 1 % | 5 |
Why may LOOT be the right solution?
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ill-gotten gains
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gaining
- gained
- gain on
- hypertrophy
- capital gain
- benefited
- worked out
- growth spurt
- gain ground
- gainsaid
- accomplishments
- benefitted
Crossword Answer definitions
PELF noun- Money; riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired (compare lucre).
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 PELF
- Ill-gotten wealth
- Ill-gotten gains
- Filthy lucre
- Ill-regarded riches
- Money
- Loot
- Ill-gotten riches
- Dirty money
- Ill-gotten gain
- Dishonestly acquired riches
More clues leading to the result LOOT
More clues leading to the result SWAG
- Booty
- Plunder
- Window treatment
- Pelf
- Plunder, slangily
- Promotional items
- Loot
- Stolen goods
- Ill-gotten gains
- Partygoer's freebies
More clues leading to the result LUCRE
- Filthy __ (illicit gain)
- "Filthy" money
- Legal tender
- Filthy ___
- Monetary gain
- "Filthy" riches
- "Filthy" dough
- Filthy stuff?
- Moola
- Pelf
More clues leading to the result FILTHYLUCRE
- Ill-gotten gains
- Scammer's fortune, e.g.
- Riches, cynically
- Riches, derogatorily
- Money
- Money needing laundering?
More clues leading to the result GRIFT
- Work as a swindler
- Play the con artist
- Confidence game
- Ill-gotten gains
- Swindle, la "The Sting"
- Dirty money
- Swindle
- Con
- Make money by conning
- Cheat, in a way
More clues leading to the result BOOTY
- Behind
- Moolah looted
- Kidd stuff
- Plundered treasure
- Pirate's plunder
- Pirate's pelf
- Plunder
- Spoils
- Ill-gotten gains
- Pirate riches
More clues leading to the result RAKEOFFS
More clues leading to the result PELFS
More clues leading to the result BOOKIEDOUGH
More clues leading to the result DIRTYMONEY
More clues leading to the result GRAFT
- Transplant, in a way
- Political payoff
- Corrupt pol's crime
- Skin replacement procedure
- Political funny business
- Illegal payoff
- Surgeon's procedure
- Boss Tweed's crime
- It's a white-collar crime
- Replace damaged skin, perhaps