The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TELLS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Rats (on) crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TELLS | 25 % | 5 |
| NARCS | 25 % | 5 |
| BETRAYS | 25 % | 7 |
| SNITCHES | 25 % | 8 |
Why may TELLS be the right solution?
The phrase "rats on" means to inform on or betray someone. "Tells" is a synonym for informing on someone, making it the correct answer.
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Crossword Answer definitions
TELLS 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 TELLS
- Acts the tattletale
- Acts the rat
- Spills the beans
- Informs positively
- Relates
- Blabs
- Does some narration
- States
- Narrates
- De-bags the cat
More clues leading to the result NARCS
- DEA agents
- Members of a crack team?
- They're always looking for deals
- Busters
- Bust makers
- They make busts
- Drug cops
- They may get tips about dealers
- Crack investigators?
- Drugbusters
More clues leading to the result BETRAYS
- Sells out
- Crosses
- Acts disloyally
- Reveals inadvertently.
- Emulates Judas
- Gives away, in a way
- Emulates Delilah
- Sells down the river
- Gives away
- Backstabs