The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TWIN which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.
Look-alike crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TWIN | 34 % | 4 |
| RINGER | 14 % | 6 |
| DEADRINGER | 10 % | 10 |
| CARBONCOPY | 10 % | 10 |
| CLONE | 10 % | 5 |
| SPITTINGIMAGE | 7 % | 13 |
| IDENTICALTWIN | 7 % | 13 |
| SOSIA | 3 % | 5 |
| DOUBLE | 3 % | 6 |
Why may TWIN be the right solution?
The answer "TWIN" fits the clue "Look-alike" because twins are siblings who often look very similar to each other due to sharing the same DNA from being born at the same time.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Look-alike
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- similar
- analogous
- double
- doppelganger
- ringer
- look like
- resemble
- match up
- similarize
- belike
- like
- liken
Crossword Answer definitions
TWIN noun- Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
- Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
- A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
- A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.
- A twin crystal.
- (obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide.
- (obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.
- (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).
- To be paired or suited.
- To give birth to twins.
- To be born at the same birth.
- Double; dual; occurring as a matching pair
- Forming a pair of twins.
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 TWIN
- Chang or Eng
- Duplicate
- Minnesota ballplayer
- See 13-Down
- Person who shares your birthday, absent some exceptionally rare timing
- Scarlett Johansson or Vin Diesel (who knew?)
- Exact duplicate
- Womb mate
- Matching
- One of two of a kind
More clues leading to the result RINGER
- Horseshoes score
- Horseshoe toss
- Player who turns out to have mad skills
- Good shot in quoits
- Dead ___ (identical twin)
- Quasimodo at work
- Amateur who's really a pro
- Impostor
- Dishonest competitor
- Horseshoes feat
More clues leading to the result DEADRINGER
- Perfect double
- Look-alike
- Carbon copy
- Double
- Duplicate
- Exact look-alike
- *Double
- *Exact look-alike
- Exact duplicate
- Deceased campanologist?
More clues leading to the result CARBONCOPY
- Look-alike
- Replica
- Double
- Duplicate
- Contract clone (whose abbreviation hints at this puzzle's theme)
- Exact duplicate
- Duplicate.
- Facsimile.
- *Typist's duplicate of old
- Antiquated office duplicate
More clues leading to the result CLONE
- Dolly
- Make a copy
- Make a copy of
- Replicate
- Copy
- Replica
- Product of genetic engineering
- Biological remake
- Exact duplicate
- Alter ego?
More clues leading to the result SPITTINGIMAGE
More clues leading to the result IDENTICALTWIN
- Look-alike
- Double
- Exact duplicate
- Person who looks exactly like another
- Certain look-alike
- Mirror image
- Carbon copy
- More than a look-alike
- Certain lookalike
More clues leading to the result SOSIA
- Plautus character.
- Mercury's disguise in Plautus' Amphitruo.
- Servant in Plautus's play, "Amphitruo."
- Servant in Plautus' play "Amphitruo.”
- Look-alike