The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DERIDE which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2020.
Mock crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DERIDE | 18 % | 6 |
| TAUNT | 13 % | 5 |
| JAPE | 12 % | 4 |
| TEASE | 8 % | 5 |
| SCOFF | 6 % | 5 |
| GIBE | 6 % | 4 |
| JEER | 6 % | 4 |
| APE | 5 % | 3 |
| FLEER | 4 % | 5 |
| JEERAT | 3 % | 6 |
| SCORN | 3 % | 5 |
| ERSATZ | 2 % | 6 |
| SNEER | 2 % | 5 |
| FLOUT | 2 % | 5 |
| IMITATE | 1 % | 7 |
| SNEERAT | 1 % | 7 |
| SATIRIZE | 1 % | 8 |
| SHAM | 1 % | 4 |
| ARTIFICIAL | 1 % | 10 |
| SCOFFAT | 1 % | 7 |
| RIDICULE | 1 % | 8 |
| PSEUDO | 1 % | 6 |
| ROAST | 1 % | 5 |
| BURLESQUE | 1 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mock
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bemock
- counterfeit
- mimic
- imitative
- spoofed
- ridicule
- taunt
- jape
- farcical
- scoff
- laugh
- sham
Crossword Answer definitions
DERIDE verb- To harshly mock; ridicule.
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 DERIDE
- Ridicule
- Twit
- Mock
- Put down
- Express contempt for
- Scoff at
- Treat with contempt
- Subject to ridicule
- Slam
- Make fun of
More clues leading to the result TAUNT
- Poke fun at
- Harass from the stands, say
- Ride
- Fresh cut?
- Ride hard
- Bully
- Ridicule
- Say "nyah-nyah" to
- Trash-talk
- Mock
More clues leading to the result JAPE
More clues leading to the result TEASE
More clues leading to the result SCOFF
- Jeer
- Mock
- Express contempt
- Deride
- Ridicule
- Express mockery
- Deride, with "at"
- Jeer, with "at"
- Express doubt insolently
- Pooh-pooh
More clues leading to the result GIBE
More clues leading to the result JEER
- Mock
- Ridicule
- Unsportsmanlike utterance
- Scoff
- Heckle or mock
- Boo-bird's call
- Boo and hiss
- Catcall
- Taunt
- Make rude remarks
More clues leading to the result APE
- "Going __!" (Danza bomb)
- Act like
- Brutish one
- Copy
- Lummox
- Make like
- O'Neill's "The Hairy __"
- O'Neill's hairy title character
- Rue Morgue culprit
- Aldous Huxley's "__ and Essence"
More clues leading to the result FLEER
- Bubble gum maker
- Laugh demeaningly
- Company that originated Dubble Bubble gum
- One on the lam
- Big name in sports cards
- Big name in trading cards
- Escapee
- Topps rival
- Baseball card brand
- Bubblegum pioneer
More clues leading to the result JEERAT
- Be a douche to, from the stands
- Offer raspberries?
- Taunt, in a way
- Ridicule
- Show disrespect for
- Show contempt for
- Express contempt toward
- Make fun of
- Mock
- Boo from the stands
More clues leading to the result SCORN
- Disdain
- Mock
- Treat with contempt
- Diss
- Contemptuously refuse
- Belittle in a way
- Derision
- Distain
- Show disdain for
- Pooh-pooh
More clues leading to the result ERSATZ
- Artificial
- Being an inferior substitute
- Imitation
- Manufactured
- Faux
- Fake
- Margarine, vis- -vis butter
- Sham
- Mock
- Not the real thing
More clues leading to the result SNEER
- Curl one's lip
- Dismissive visage
- Express derision
- Insolent look
- Look of contempt
- Scornful look
- Show scorn
- Curl your lip
- Look dirty?
- Dirty look
More clues leading to the result FLOUT
- Scoff at
- Defy
- Openly defy
- Thumb one's nose at
- Scoff at, as a rule
- Snub one's nose at
- Scorn, as the rules
- Break, as rules
- Show contempt for
- Defy openly
More clues leading to the result IMITATE
More clues leading to the result SNEERAT
- Be scornful of
- Lord it over
- Make a mockery of
- Be disdainful toward
- Make fun of
- Look down on
- Pooh-pooh
- Don't take seriously
- Look down upon
- Show contempt toward
More clues leading to the result SATIRIZE
More clues leading to the result SHAM
- Bogus
- Decorative cover
- Fake
- Pillow cover
- Pillow protector
- Sam the __ and the Pharaohs
- Bedding item
- Deceit
- Fraud
- Hoax
More clues leading to the result ARTIFICIAL
More clues leading to the result SCOFFAT
More clues leading to the result RIDICULE
More clues leading to the result PSEUDO
- Spurious
- False
- False start?
- Prefix meaning "false"
- False front?
- Prefix meaning "fake"
- Pretended
- Prefix with science
- False: Pref.
- Prefix with intellectual
More clues leading to the result ROAST
- Insult, kiddingly
- Butcher shop choice
- Prepare coffee beans
- Certain Sunday dinner
- Dean Martin specialty
- Dis-honor?
- Recent Justin Bieber event
- Friars' gathering
- Honor with insults
- Dinner that may be tough to swallow for the guest of honor