The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TAMPER , but the solution may also be FUTZ which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Mess (with) crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAMPER | 36 % | 6 |
| KID | 27 % | 3 |
| FUTZ | 18 % | 4 |
| TOY | 9 % | 3 |
| TANGLE | 9 % | 6 |
Why may TOY be the right solution?
The answer to "Mess (with)" is "TOY" because when you "toy" with something, you play around with it or mess with it.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mess (with)
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- mess
- snack
- dine
- discuss
- screw with
- wait
- futter
- eate
- cratch
- toy with
- play with
- consume
Crossword Answer definitions
TAMPER noun- A person or thing that tamps.
- A tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
- A railway vehicle used to tamp down ballast.
- An envelope of neutron-reflecting material in a nuclear weapon, used to delay the expansion of the reacting material and thus produce a longer-lasting and more energetic explosion.
- To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
- To try to influence someone, usually in an illegal or devious way; to try to deal (with someone).
- To meddle (with something) in order to corrupt or pervert it.
- To involve oneself (in a plot, scheme, etc.).
- To attempt to practise or administer something (especially medicine) without sufficient knowledge or qualifications.
- (in professional sports) To discuss future contracts with a player, against league rules.
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 TAMPER
- Interfere
- Meddle (with)
- Monkey (with)
- Mess (with), as a lock
- Mess (with)
- Change by meddling (with "with").
- Meddle (with "with").
- Heavy bar with flat tip.
- Interfere (with).
- Meddle (with).
More clues leading to the result KID
- "Muskrat Ramble" composer Ory
- "The Yellow ___"
- Josh
- Glove leather
- Pull one's leg
- Young goat
- Make fun of
- Joke
- Baby goat
- "Star Wars ___" (viral video)
More clues leading to the result FUTZ
- Fiddle (around)
- Fiddle (with)
- Tinker needlessly
- Play around (with)
- Mess (with), in slang
- Mess around (with)
- *Crafts site
- Mess (with)
- __ around (dally)
More clues leading to the result TOY
- Pekingese, e.g.
- Play object
- Shih Tzu, e.g.
- String along
- Yoyo
- Bit of kiddie litter
- Plaything
- Yo-yo or Frisbee
- Play (with), as someone's heart
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