The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PLOY , but the solution may also be RUSE which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Newsday).
Red herring crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PLOY | 47 % | 4 |
| RUSE | 42 % | 4 |
| SMOKESCREEN | 5 % | 11 |
| SHAD | 5 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Red herring
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- smoked herring
- white herring
- red hake
- pickle-herring
- redfish
- herring
- round herring
- kipper
- squirrel hake
- redbait
- sea-stick
- kepper
Crossword Answer definitions
PLOY noun- A tactic, strategy, or gimmick.
- Sport; frolic.
- Employment.
- To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.
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 PLOY
- Ruse
- Gimmick
- Artful dodge
- Clever machination
- Tricky maneuver
- Strategy
- Underhanded tactic
- Stratagem
- Clever tactic
- Sly stratagem
More clues leading to the result RUSE
- Crafty manuever
- Subterfuge
- Trick
- Deception
- Devious scheme
- Artful dodge
- Bit of chicanery
- Con man's device
- Artifice
- Ploy
More clues leading to the result SMOKESCREEN
- Camouflage
- Camouflage, and another title for this puzzle
- Deceptive device
- Deceptive action
- Deceptive measure
- Deception
- Means of deception
- A diversionary move.
- Naval stratagem.
- Camouflage.