The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FOOL , but the solution may also be HOCUS which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in Wall Street Journal).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FOOL | 33 % | 4 |
| HOCUS | 33 % | 5 |
| DUPE | 17 % | 4 |
| PUTONEA | 17 % | 7 |
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
FOOL noun- A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
- A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
- Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
- Buddy, dude, man.
- A type of dessert made of puréed fruit and custard or cream.
- (often capitalized, Fool) A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.
- To trick; to deceive
- To act in an idiotic manner; to act foolishly
- Foolish.
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 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
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