The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SLYEST , but the solution may also be SHREWDEST which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Most cunning crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLYEST | 41 % | 6 |
| SLIEST | 41 % | 6 |
| ARCHEST | 5 % | 7 |
| CUTEST | 5 % | 6 |
| FOXIEST | 2 % | 7 |
| WILIEST | 2 % | 7 |
| SLICKEST | 2 % | 8 |
| SHREWDEST | 2 % | 9 |
Why may SHREWDEST be the right solution?
The word "shrewd" means having or showing sharp powers of judgment; astute. Adding the suffix "-est" makes it a superlative form, meaning the most shrewd or cunning. Therefore, "shrewdest" is the correct answer to the clue "Most cunning."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Most cunning
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- wiliest
- slyest
- craftiest
- cleverest
- most artful
- sliest
- artifice
- craft
- deep
- devious
- greek
- sharp
Crossword Answer definitions
SLYEST adjective- Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
- (having a positive sense) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
- Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
- Light or delicate; slight; thin.
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 SLYEST
- Most cunning
- Least straightforward
- Most ingenious
- Most roguish
- Most vulpine in a way
- Most guileful
- Most like a fox
- Hardest to catch
- Most insidious
- Most underhanded
More clues leading to the result SLIEST
- Most roguish
- Most foxlike
- Foxiest
- Most conniving
- Most cunning
- Most crafty
- Superlatively foxy
- Superlatively surreptitious
- Most underhanded
- Most artful
More clues leading to the result ARCHEST
More clues leading to the result CUTEST
- Most adorable
- Most precious
- Like a blue-ribbon baby photo, perhaps
- Adorable to the max
- Most likely to elicit 1-Down
- Most ingenious.
- Most attractive.
- Shrewdest.
- Prettiest.
- Most clever