The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PELF , but the solution may also be LOOT which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
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 | 33 % | 4 |
| LOOT | 26 % | 4 |
| SWAG | 14 % | 4 |
| LUCRE | 7 % | 5 |
| FILTHYLUCRE | 6 % | 11 |
| GRIFT | 5 % | 5 |
| BOOTY | 4 % | 5 |
| RAKEOFFS | 2 % | 8 |
| GRAFT | 1 % | 5 |
| MONEY | 1 % | 5 |
| PELFS | 1 % | 5 |
| BOOKIEDOUGH | 1 % | 11 |
| DIRTYMONEY | 1 % | 10 |
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 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
More clues leading to the result MONEY
- Put it where your mouth is
- Legal tender
- Funds
- Sister of Fortune?
- Kale or cabbage or lettuce
- Jack
- Do-re-mi
- Wherewithal
- "A poor man's credit card": Marshall McLuhan
- "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for ___": Samuel Johnson