The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word HOCUS which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2020.
Play a trick on crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HOCUS | 33 % | 5 |
| FOOL | 33 % | 4 |
| PUTONEA | 17 % | 7 |
| DUPE | 17 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Play a trick on
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- trickery
- magic trick
- pranking
- prankish
- tricksy
- pranked
- card trick
- practical joke
- prankster
- manipulate
- deception
- conjuring trick
Crossword Answer definitions
HOCUS noun- A magician, illusionist, one who practises sleight of hand.
- One who cheats or deceives.
- Trick; trickery.
- Drugged liquor.
- To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.
- To stupefy (someone) with drugged liquor (especially in order to steal from them).
- To drug (liquor).
- To adulterate (food).
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 HOCUS
- Pocus' partner
- Start of a magician's phrase
- Half a magic phrase
- With 59 Down, sleight of hand
- Conjurer's first word?
- Pocus lead-in
- Start of a magical incantation
- Half of a magician's rhyme
- Magical opening
- Magical start
More clues leading to the result FOOL
- Creamy dessert
- Blockhead
- April 1 victim
- "He who hesitates," per Mae West
- Idiot
- Meatball
- One who sits on a whoopee cushion
- Start of an eight-word stepquote
- Hoodwink
- Pull a prank on