The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ROGUE , but the solution may also be CAD which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Scoundrel crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ROGUE | 21 % | 5 |
| CAD | 16 % | 3 |
| RAT | 14 % | 3 |
| KNAVE | 12 % | 5 |
| CUR | 7 % | 3 |
| HEEL | 6 % | 4 |
| SOANDSO | 5 % | 7 |
| ROUE | 2 % | 4 |
| VARLET | 2 % | 6 |
| RAsCAL | 2 % | 6 |
| REPROBATE | 2 % | 9 |
| LOUSE | 2 % | 5 |
| SCALAWAG | 2 % | 8 |
| DIRTYDOG | 1 % | 8 |
| BLACKGUARD | 1 % | 10 |
| BADEGG | 1 % | 6 |
| ROTTER | 1 % | 6 |
| LOSEL | 1 % | 5 |
| CREEP | 1 % | 5 |
| STINKER | 1 % | 7 |
| RAKE | 1 % | 4 |
| LOUT | 1 % | 4 |
| PICARO | 0 % | 6 |
| SCUMBAG | 0 % | 7 |
| VIPER | 0 % | 5 |
| RUFFIAN | 0 % | 7 |
| MEANIE | 0 % | 6 |
| DEVIL | 0 % | 5 |
| SWINE | 0 % | 5 |
| SCAMP | 0 % | 5 |
| BADLOT | 0 % | 6 |
Why may KNAVE be the right solution?
"KNAVE" is a fitting answer for "Scoundrel" because a knave is a deceitful or untrustworthy person, often associated with dishonest or immoral behavior. This term is commonly used in literature and storytelling to describe a villain or rogue character.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Scoundrel
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- villain
- scumbag
- knave
- lowlife
- thug
- hoodlum
- scum
- bandit
- gangster
- felon
- rabble
- robber
Crossword Answer definitions
ROGUE noun- A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
- A mischievous scamp.
- A vagrant.
- Deceitful software pretending to be anti-spyware, but in fact being malicious software itself.
- An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.
- A plant that shows some undesirable variation.
- A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.
- To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination.
- To cheat.
- To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.
- To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.
- (of an animal, especially an elephant) Vicious and solitary.
- (by extension) Large, destructive and unpredictable.
- (by extension) Deceitful, unprincipled.
- Mischievous, unpredictable.
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 ROGUE
- Scoundrel
- Rapscallion
- Elephant gone amok
- Reprobate
- Malevolent elephant
- Pachyderm outcast
- Vagabond or rascal
- River of Oregon
- Picaresque type
- Solitary elephant
More clues leading to the result CAD
- Baddie
- Rotter
- Roue
- Scoundrel
- Unprincipled fellow
- Neer-do-well
- He's probably not Mr. Right
- Philanderer
- What many an ex of mine turned out to be
- Bad guest
More clues leading to the result RAT
- "King __" (Clavell novel)
- "King ___" or "Brother ___"
- Deserter
- Kind of race
- Race beginning?
- Sinking ship deserter
- Squeal
- Squealer
- A-mazing animal?
- Be a canary
More clues leading to the result KNAVE
- Medieval servant
- Black jack, e.g.
- Jack
- Rascal
- Liar in a logic puzzle
- Tart thief
- Scoundrel
- Blackguard
- Jack, in cards
- Tarts thief
More clues leading to the result CUR
- Mean mutt
- Junkyard dog
- Mongrel
- Vile ruffian
- Mean dog
- Barking mad creature?
- Biting dog
- Dog walker's nightmare
- Junkyard guard
- Mangy dog
More clues leading to the result HEEL
- Command to Fido
- Blackguard
- Shoe support
- Bounder
- Command to a dog
- Pump part
- Contemptible one
- Hover à la Rover
- Cad
- Crusty end of a loaf
More clues leading to the result SOANDSO
- Nobody in particular
- Real S.O.B.
- Unnamed person
- Son of a gun
- Scoundrel
- Blankety-blank
- Skunk
- Minced epithet
- What's-his-name
- Dirty rat
More clues leading to the result ROUE
More clues leading to the result VARLET
- Scoundrel
- Old-fashioned cad
- Renaissance rascal
- "Thou liest, wicked __!": "Measure for Measure"
- Shakespearean attendant
- Rascal of old
- Scoundrel.
- Rascal of the good old days.
- Knave.
- Rapscallion.
More clues leading to the result RAsCAL
- Scoundrel
- Member of Hal Roach's gang
- Alfalfa, for one
- Scamp
- See 38-Across
- Imp
- Devious imp
- Picaresque hero
- Blackguard
- Rogue
More clues leading to the result REPROBATE
More clues leading to the result LOUSE
- __ up (bungle)
- Vile character
- Wingless parasite
- No-goodnik
- Cad
- Sleazebag
- Big nit
- No-good guy
- Real stinker
- Dirty rat
More clues leading to the result SCALAWAG
- Reprobate
- Collaborator during Reconstruction
- Rascal
- Scoundrel
- Ne'er-do-well
- Rapscallion
- Dirty rotten scoundrel
- Dirty dog
- Scamp
- Rascal.
More clues leading to the result DIRTYDOG
More clues leading to the result BLACKGUARD
More clues leading to the result BADEGG
- Unsavory sort
- Crumb
- Rotter
- Disreputable person
- No-goodnik
- Good-for-nothing
- Crumb bum
- Rotten apple
- Troublemaker
- Scoundrel
More clues leading to the result ROTTER
- Despicable fellow
- Cad
- Scoundrel
- Blackguard
- Heel
- Cad.
- Blackguard.
- Scoundrel, British style.
- Unappealing person becomes appealing animal
- Thoroughly objectionable person
More clues leading to the result LOSEL
More clues leading to the result CREEP
- Move like ivy
- Repulsive one
- Watergate acronym
- Facebook stalker, e.g.
- Rush-hour pace
- Grow along the ground
- Lowlife
- Scoundrel
- Dirty rotten scoundrel
- Cad
More clues leading to the result STINKER
- Skunk?
- SWEATER MAKEOVERS BECOMES POLECAT
- Something of poor quality
- Movie that rates 0 stars
- "Ain't I a ___?" (Bugs Bunny line)
- Scoundrel
- No-goodnik
- Really tough puzzle, say
- What Bugs Bunny often calls himself
- Meanie
More clues leading to the result RAKE
- Autumn tool
- Lounge lizard, perhaps
- Sand-trap necessity
- Search thoroughly
- Fall tool
- Leaf removal tool
- Take leaves?
- Toothy tool
- Clean up the yard
- Leaf collector?
More clues leading to the result LOUT
- Oafish one
- A large, ungainly person
- Crude one
- Boor
- Lazy sort
- Oaf
- Knuckle-dragger
- Scoundrel
- Klutz
- Awkward brute
More clues leading to the result PICARO
More clues leading to the result SCUMBAG
More clues leading to the result VIPER
- Dodge sports car
- Asp
- Puff adder, e.g.
- Car alarm named after a snake
- Dodge model named after a snake
- Sporty Dodge
- Sporty Dodge model
- F-16 nickname
- Spiteful one
- Copperhead or bushmaster
More clues leading to the result RUFFIAN
More clues leading to the result MEANIE
- "Yellow Submarine" villain
- Blue __ ("Yellow Submarine" villain)
- Malicious individual
- Nasty one
- Bully, e.g.
- Bad guy
- Schoolyard bully
- See 31-Across
- Blue Beatles baddie
- Nasty guy
More clues leading to the result DEVIL
- Master of Hades
- Satan
- The Phantom's "best friend"
- Mischievous one
- New Jersey skater
- Important figure in metal
- Mr. Applegate in Damn Yankees
- "Have you ever danced with the ___ in the pale moonlight?"
- Fire man?
- Horny guy?
More clues leading to the result SWINE
- Hogs and pigs
- They can't fly, but they can get the flu
- Pigs
- Hogs
- Rude dudes
- Scumbags
- ... before these beasts?
- Pen pals?
- Boar or sow
- Contemptible person
More clues leading to the result SCAMP
- Prankster
- Rascal
- Mischievous one
- Rogue
- Little rascal
- Scalawag
- Roguish sort
- Disney dog
- Rapscallion
- Caddish sort