The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word TELL , but the solution may also be NARC which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Rat (on) crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TELL | 22 % | 4 |
| TATTLE | 17 % | 6 |
| SING | 17 % | 4 |
| FINK | 11 % | 4 |
| NAME | 11 % | 4 |
| BETRAY | 11 % | 6 |
| NARC | 6 % | 4 |
| SQUEAL | 6 % | 6 |
Why may NARC be the right solution?
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Rat (on)
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- rat out
- tell on
- squeal
- roll on
- tell tales
- tittle-tattle
- roll
- rark up
- dime out
- dob in
- tip off
- rouse
Crossword Answer definitions
TELL noun- A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
- That which is told; a tale or account.
- A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
- (archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
- To narrate.
- To convey by speech; to say.
- To instruct or inform.
- To order; to direct, to say to someone.
- To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
- To reveal.
- To be revealed.
- To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
- To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
- To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
- (authorship) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show
- A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
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 TELL
- Spill the beans
- Kiss and ___
- Legendary Swiss
- Let slip
- Make known
- Relate
- Blab
- Schiller hero
- Tip off
- "___ It to the Judge" (1949 movie)
More clues leading to the result TATTLE
- Chatter aimlessly
- Gossip
- Inform
- Snitch
- Let it be known
- Be a teller
- Spill the beans
- Reveal secrets
- Squeal
- Be a ratfink
More clues leading to the result SING
- Birds do it
- Ray Bradbury's "I ___ The Body Electric"
- Tell all
- Half a prison
- Warble
- Participate in karaoke
- Belt
- Blab
- Go for some rounds?
- Rat on
More clues leading to the result FINK
More clues leading to the result NAME
- Arnold Schwarzenegger has a long one
- Appellation
- Put the finger on
- Give title to
- Moniker
- Point the finger at
- Title
- Address preceder
- Form's top line, often
- Designate
More clues leading to the result BETRAY
- Violate a trust
- Make like Quisling
- Sell out
- Leave in time of need
- Emulate Delilah
- Reveal unconsciously
- Emulate Judas
- Rat on
- Violate, as a trust
- Sell up the river
More clues leading to the result NARC
- Certain agent
- Govt. agent
- Pusher's nemesis
- Undercover detective
- "Traffic" cop
- DEA agent
- G-man
- One of two spellings of a DEA agent
- Hash tagger?
- Old video game in which the protagonists kill dope pushers (and users!)