The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ELFIN , but the solution may also be IMPISH which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Mischievous crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ELFIN | 31 % | 5 |
| IMPISH | 21 % | 6 |
| ARCH | 15 % | 4 |
| ELFISH | 6 % | 6 |
| NAUGHTY | 5 % | 7 |
| PUCKISH | 3 % | 7 |
| TRICKSY | 3 % | 7 |
| BAD | 3 % | 3 |
| SLY | 2 % | 3 |
| ROGUISH | 2 % | 7 |
| ELVISH | 1 % | 6 |
| UPTONOGOOD | 1 % | 10 |
| DEVILISH | 1 % | 8 |
| PRANKY | 1 % | 6 |
| RASCALLY | 1 % | 8 |
| PIXIE | 1 % | 5 |
Why may ELFISH be the right solution?
The word "ELFISH" is the right solution because it means mischievous or playful, just like the clue suggests.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mischievous
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- impish
- prankish
- naughty
- puckish
- playful
- pixilated
- harmful
- bad
- implike
- wicked
- vicious
- derogatory
Crossword Answer definitions
ELFIN noun- An elf; an inhabitant of fairy-land.
- A little urchin or child.
- Any of the butterflies in the subgenus Incisalia of the North American lycaenid genus Callophrys.
- Relating to or resembling an elf or elves, especially in its tiny size or features.
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 ELFIN
- Impish
- Mischievous
- Leprechaun-like
- Puckish
- Like Santa's helpers
- Sprite-like
- Diminutive
- Like a sprite
- Pixie-like
- Spritelike
More clues leading to the result IMPISH
- Like a little devil
- Mischievous
- Full of mischief
- Like a mischief-maker's grin
- Slightly naughty
- Like a mischief-maker
- Rascally
- Prone to pranks
- Bratty
- Naughty, but not too
More clues leading to the result ARCH
- St. Louis sight
- Eyebrow shape
- Foot part
- St. Louis gateway
- St. Louis landmark
- Eero Saarinen's Gateway __
- Podiatrist's concern
- Gateway structure
- Cunning
- Curved entryway
More clues leading to the result ELFISH
- Mischievous
- Like Legolas
- Prone to mischief
- Full of mischief
- Fond of mischief
- Into shenanigans
- Prone to pranks
- Spritely
- Spritelike
- Tricksy.
More clues leading to the result NAUGHTY
More clues leading to the result PUCKISH
More clues leading to the result TRICKSY
More clues leading to the result BAD
- Adverse
- Below standard
- Michael Jackson smash
- Not good
- "___ Boys" (1983)
- "___ Moon Rising"
- Quite inadequate
- Rotten egg, e.g.
- Unfavorable
- Incorrect
More clues leading to the result SLY
- Crafty
- Clever like Stallone?
- Cunning
- Like a fox
- Underhanded
- Clever like a fox
- Leader of the Family Stone
- Sneaky
- Stallone sobriquet
- Stallone, in the tabloids
More clues leading to the result ROGUISH
More clues leading to the result ELVISH
- "The Lord of the Rings" lingo
- Tolkien language
- Middle-earth tongue
- Quenya and Sindarin are forms of it
- Tricksy.
- Mischievous
- Language of Middle-earth
- Good-naturedly mischievous
- A language spoken in "Lord of the Rings"
- Language group created by Tolkien
More clues leading to the result UPTONOGOOD
- Engaged in mischief
- Sneaking
- Planning trouble
- Occupied with mischief: Colloq.
- Making mischief.
- Out for trouble
- Mischievous
- Making trouble
- Like a troublemaker
- Conniving
More clues leading to the result DEVILISH
- Diabolical
- Full of mischief
- Extremely bad: Colloq.
- Diabolical.
- Mean.
- Infernal
- Mischievous
- Mephistophelian
- Infernal and diabolical
- Satanic
More clues leading to the result PRANKY
More clues leading to the result RASCALLY
- Acting like a scamp
- Base.
- Meanly tricky
- Mean; base
- Like Bugs Bunny
- Mischievous
- Mischievous, in a playful way