The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LIE , but the solution may also be DECEIT which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Mendacity crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LIE | 56 % | 3 |
| LYING | 22 % | 5 |
| DECEIT | 11 % | 6 |
| FIB | 11 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mendacity
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- falsehood
- deceit
- deception
- cover-up
- secrecy
- concealment
- lying
- begging
- beg
- vagrancy
- lie
- hiding
Crossword Answer definitions
LIE noun- The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
- The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.
- The position of a fetus in the womb.
- A manner of lying; relative position.
- An animal's lair.
- To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To be placed or situated.
- To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
- Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
- Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
- Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
- To lodge; to sleep.
- To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
- To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
- To convey a false image or impression.
- To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.
- An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
- A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth
- Anything that misleads or disappoints.
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 LIE
- "The check is in the mail," often
- Course position
- Fish story
- Flunk a polygraph
- Golfer's consideration
- Make the polygraph go nuts
- Pinocchio's downfall
- Sprawl
- Swear that black is white
- Tell a whopper
More clues leading to the result LYING
- Concocting a tale
- Recumbent
- Telling fibs
- With 58-Across, Bill O'Reilly or Sean Hannity, per a 2003 Al Franken book title
- Mendacity
- Untruthful
- Full of it
- Mendacious
- Perjury
- Challenging the Polygraph
More clues leading to the result DECEIT
- Con man's game
- Chicanery
- Trickery
- Double dealing
- Duplicity
- Scheming behavior
- Skullduggery
- Artifice
- Double-dealing
- Con man's forte