The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FOOL , but the solution may also be CON which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in Wall Street Journal).
Put one over on crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FOOL | 30 % | 4 |
| CON | 13 % | 3 |
| SNOW | 11 % | 4 |
| DUPE | 9 % | 4 |
| SNOWED | 7 % | 6 |
| LIEDTO | 4 % | 6 |
| BILK | 4 % | 4 |
| HAD | 4 % | 3 |
| PRANKED | 2 % | 7 |
| HOSE | 2 % | 4 |
| TRICK | 2 % | 5 |
| HOAX | 2 % | 4 |
| DELUDE | 2 % | 6 |
| OUTWIT | 2 % | 6 |
| SCAM | 2 % | 4 |
| SNOOKER | 2 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Put one over on
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- trick
- deceive
- swindle
- cheat
- con
- shirk
- dropper
- yankee
- take for
- chisel
- welsh
- gouge
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 CON
- Jailer's charge
- Man in the pen
- Joint tenant
- Kind of game
- Take for a ride
- Thimblerig
- Swindle
- __ brio
- One who didn't dodge a charge?
- Spam, often (and the start of a split order of rice porridge)
More clues leading to the result SNOW
- Deceive, slangily
- Overwhelm
- Winter ground cover
- Winter stuff
- Kind of job
- Television trouble
- Winter fallout
- "Strangers and Brothers" novelist
- Winter sight
- Winter hazard
More clues leading to the result DUPE
More clues leading to the result SNOWED
- __ under (overwhelmed)
- Created a blanket?
- Deceived, slangily
- Deceived
- Overwhelmed, with "under"
- Did a con job on
- Swamped, with "under"
- Put one over on
- Flurried, e.g.
- Bamboozled
More clues leading to the result LIEDTO
- Laid a story on
- Deceived
- Fed someone baloney, say
- Wasn't straight with
- Was dishonest with
- Was dishonest with, in a way
- Wasn't up-front with
- Wasn't square with
- Wasn't honest with
- Betrayed, in a way
More clues leading to the result BILK
More clues leading to the result HAD
- Owned
- Hoodwinked
- "I've been ___!"
- Scammed
- Tricked
- Rooked
- Swindled
- "This ___ better be good!"
- "___ enough?"
- Consumed
More clues leading to the result PRANKED
More clues leading to the result HOSE
- Firefighter's need
- Stockings
- Tights
- Gardener's need
- Gardening aid
- Leg coverings
- Nylons
- Water down
- Some legwear
- "___ Who Kill" (Chloë Sevigny series)
More clues leading to the result TRICK
- Dodge
- Fool
- Halloween choice
- David Copperfield marvel
- Feat of magic
- Treat alternative
- "_or treat!"
- Deception
- Prank
- Fast one
More clues leading to the result HOAX
- Mare's-nest
- The Cardiff Giant, for one
- Hoodwink
- Like an urban legend
- UFO's, perhaps
- Manti Te'o's girlfriend, for one
- The Cardiff Giant, e.g.
- Facebook privacy announcement, e.g.
- Kurt Vonnegut's faux commencement address e-mail, e.g.
- Like many a catfish relationship
More clues leading to the result DELUDE
More clues leading to the result OUTWIT
- Surpass in cunning
- Get the better of
- First word in the "Survivor" mantra
- Prove shrewder than
- Think one step ahead of
- Stay one step ahead of
- Circumvent
- Prove more cunning than
- Think faster than
- Finesse
More clues leading to the result SCAM
- Sting
- Get-rich-quick offering, often
- Hoodwink
- Shell game, e.g.
- Con game
- Con man's trick
- Deceptive act
- Pyramid scheme?
- Three-card monte, for one
- Flimflam