The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FAKED , but the solution may also be MOCK which is one of the most recent solution (2017 in New York Times).
Pretended crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FAKED | 27 % | 5 |
| ACTED | 20 % | 5 |
| SHAM | 20 % | 4 |
| PSEUDO | 7 % | 6 |
| FEIGNED | 7 % | 7 |
| LETON | 7 % | 5 |
| PLAYACTED | 3 % | 9 |
| MOCK | 3 % | 4 |
| ERSATZ | 3 % | 6 |
| LEDON | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pretended
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- assumed
- sham
- counterfeit
- fictitious
- fictive
- imitative
- false
- put on
- alleged
- supposed
- purported
- presumptive
Crossword Answer definitions
FAKED verb- To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
- To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is
- To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
- To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
- To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.
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 FAKED
- Duped
- Falsified
- Doctored
- Reproduced fraudulently
- Pretended
- Doctored in a bad way
- Not legit
- Not real
- Made up
- Put on an act
More clues leading to the result ACTED
- Played the part
- Did summer stock
- Officiated
- Played Polonius
- Portrayed
- Hammed it up
- Hit the big screen
- Took a role
- Took measures
- Behaved
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 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 FEIGNED
More clues leading to the result LETON
- Pretend
- Share a secret
- Admit as much
- Pretend or divulge
- Reveal
- Divulge
- Divulge, as a secret
- Divulged
- Reveal true feelings
- Spoil the surprise
More clues leading to the result PLAYACTED
More clues leading to the result MOCK
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