The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GYPS , but the solution may also be FLEECES which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in LA Times).
Pulls a scam on crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GYPS | 63 % | 4 |
| CONS | 25 % | 4 |
| FLEECES | 13 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pulls a scam on
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- tricks
- con
- swindles
- deceives
- fools
- sharper
- shirk
- dropper
- fraud
- swindle
- stiff
- mark
Crossword Answer definitions
GYPS noun- (sometimes offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc).
- (sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
- A college servant, one who would attend upon a number of students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks, distinct from a college porter or bedder.
- The room in which such college servants work.
- A small kitchen for use by college students.
- Gypsophila.
- Pain or discomfort.
- An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
- (sometimes offensive) A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.)
- A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
- A person with a dark complexion.
- A sly, roguish woman.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result GYPS
More clues leading to the result CONS
- Bamboozles
- Time servers
- Negatives
- Yardbirds
- Swindles
- Puts one over on
- Takes for a ride
- Pen pals?
- Pen men
- Potential problems