The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word CON , but the solution may also be HOSING which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in LA Times).
Scam crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CON | 21 % | 3 |
| RIPOFF | 11 % | 6 |
| CONGAME | 11 % | 7 |
| CONJOB | 9 % | 6 |
| CONFIDENCEGAME | 4 % | 14 |
| RUSE | 4 % | 4 |
| HOAX | 4 % | 4 |
| BAMBOOZLE | 2 % | 9 |
| DODGE | 2 % | 5 |
| HOSING | 2 % | 6 |
| PIGEONDROP | 2 % | 10 |
| LIETO | 2 % | 5 |
| HOSE | 2 % | 4 |
| BOONDOGGLE | 2 % | 10 |
| FLIMFLAM | 2 % | 8 |
| THIMBLERIG | 2 % | 10 |
| SETUP | 2 % | 5 |
| OLDARMYGAME | 2 % | 11 |
| HUSTLE | 2 % | 6 |
| FLEECE | 2 % | 6 |
| BUNKO | 2 % | 5 |
| PONZISCHEME | 2 % | 11 |
| FRAUD | 2 % | 5 |
| TAKE | 2 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scam
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- cozenage
- swindle
- fraud
- hoax
- ploy
- fraudulent
- deception
- scheme
- con
- racket
- scandal
- defraud
Crossword Answer definitions
CON verb- To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
- To know, understand, acknowledge.
- A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
- (abbreviation) conservative
- A convicted criminal, a convict.
- A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
- To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
- The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."
- To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).
- An organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress.
- The conversion of part of a building.
- Consumption; pulmonary tuberculosis.
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 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 RIPOFF
More clues leading to the result CONGAME
- Scam
- Swindle
- It's a "sting"
- Hustle
- Sting
- Racket
- Swindler's routine.
- It may be played on a mark
- Scam ... or an apt title for this puzzle?
- Pig in a poke or pigeon drop
More clues leading to the result CONJOB
More clues leading to the result CONFIDENCEGAME
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 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 BAMBOOZLE
More clues leading to the result DODGE
- Caravan maker
- Adroitly avoid
- Sidestep
- Ram's parent?
- Steer clear of
- Durango maker
- Duck
- Charger or Challenger
- Avoid
- Viper manufacturer
More clues leading to the result HOSING
- Investor's disaster, in slang
- Rinsing, as a car
- Pigeon's fate?
- Scam
- Trip to the cleaners
- Watering.
- Sprinkling with water.
- Cheating, slangily
More clues leading to the result PIGEONDROP
More clues leading to the result LIETO
- Deceive
- Stay put, nautically
- Be dishonest with
- Be untruthful with
- Mislead
- Not be straight with
- Con
- Mislead, in a way
- Deceive, in a way
- Misinform
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 BOONDOGGLE
More clues leading to the result FLIMFLAM
More clues leading to the result THIMBLERIG
More clues leading to the result SETUP
- Get ready to play
- Get ready to work
- Rigged fight
- Arrangement
- Sine __ non
- Frame
- Framed, in a way
- Organize
- Prepared
- Program that installs new software
More clues leading to the result OLDARMYGAME
More clues leading to the result HUSTLE
- Get-up-and-go
- Move swiftly
- "Charlie __" (Pete Rose nickname)
- Dance #2 for 63-Across
- Try to get a lot of gigs, say
- Shake a leg
- See 67-Across
- Emulate Paul Newman's Eddie Felson
- Do a disco dance
- Step on it
More clues leading to the result FLEECE
- Ewe's coat
- Ovine coat
- Warm coat
- Defraud
- Swindle
- Take to the cleaners
- It grows on ewe
- Sheep product
- Jason's quest
- Bamboozle
More clues leading to the result BUNKO
- Con game
- Fleecing operation
- Swindle
- Swindler's operation
- Swindling in a confidence game.
- Swindle: Colloq.
- Confidence game: Colloq.
- Scam
- Confidence game
- Swindle involving worthless property
More clues leading to the result PONZISCHEME
- Fraudulent investment opportunity
- Certain investment swindle
- Investment swindle
- Bernard Madoff offering
- Source of false returns
- Scam
- Con
- Example of 20 Across
- Certain swindle
More clues leading to the result FRAUD
- Impostor
- Charlatan
- Mountebank
- Trickery
- Bunco squad's concern
- Criminal deception
- Super duper
- Dupery
- Businessman's crime
- Deceptive crime