The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CASTLE , but the solution may also be SCAM which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Wall Street Journal).
Rook crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CASTLE | 50 % | 6 |
| GYP | 11 % | 3 |
| BILK | 6 % | 4 |
| CON | 6 % | 3 |
| SCAM | 6 % | 4 |
| CROW | 6 % | 4 |
| GULL | 6 % | 4 |
| TYRO | 6 % | 4 |
| FLEECE | 6 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Rook
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- castle
- diddle
- swindle
- gyp
- con
- defraud
- bunco
- corvus frugilegus
- mulct
- nobble
- tower
- spin
Crossword Answer definitions
CASTLE noun- A large building that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king.
- An instance of castling.
- A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.
- A defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king.
- A close helmet.
- Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
- A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
- The wicket.
- To house or keep in a castle.
- To protect or separate in a similar way.
- To make into a castle: to build in the form of a castle or add (real or imitation) battlements to an existing building.
- (usually intransitive) To move the king 2 squares right or left and, in the same turn, the nearest rook to the far side of the king. The move now has special rules: the king cannot be in, go through, or end in check; the squares between the king and rook must be vacant; and neither piece may have been moved before castling.
- (usually intransitive) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.
- To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.
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 CASTLE
- Fortified building
- "Have fun storming the ___!" ("The Princess Bride")
- Really big house
- Rook
- Place to stay for the knight?
- Kafka novel, with "The"
- Queen's quarters
- King's stronghold
- Windsor, for example
- Fairy tale setting
More clues leading to the result GYP
More clues leading to the result BILK
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 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
More clues leading to the result CROW
- Brag
- It's eaten in humiliation
- Montana tribe
- Those with egg on their face eat it
- Blow one's own horn
- Boast
- Exult loudly
- Humiliating entree
- Black bird
- Roosters do it
More clues leading to the result GULL
- Coastal aquatic bird
- Sea bird
- Aquatic bird
- Wading bird with a harsh call
- Beach frequenter
- Deceive
- Seaside scavenger
- Beach scavenger
- Tern's cousin
- It soars over shores