The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PRETENSE , but the solution may also be FAKE which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in LA Times).
Sham crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PRETENSE | 19 % | 8 |
| FAKE | 13 % | 4 |
| PSEUDO | 9 % | 6 |
| PRETEND | 8 % | 7 |
| FALSE | 6 % | 5 |
| BOGUS | 6 % | 5 |
| MOCK | 5 % | 4 |
| ERSATZ | 5 % | 6 |
| HOAX | 5 % | 4 |
| PHONY | 5 % | 5 |
| TRAVESTY | 5 % | 8 |
| PRETENCE | 3 % | 8 |
| LETON | 2 % | 5 |
| FEIGN | 2 % | 5 |
| PHONEY | 2 % | 6 |
| FEINT | 2 % | 5 |
| SPURIOUS | 2 % | 8 |
| HOKE | 2 % | 4 |
| CHEAT | 2 % | 5 |
| WEBOFDECEIT | 2 % | 11 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sham
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fake
- fraud
- pretend
- pretended
- false
- impostor
- imposter
- pseudo
- put on
- fictitious
- feign
- pretender
Crossword Answer definitions
PRETENSE noun- A false or hypocritical profession
- Intention or purpose not real but professed.
- An unsupported claim made or implied.
- An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality.
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 PRETENSE
More clues leading to the result FAKE
More clues leading to the result PSEUDO
- Spurious
- False
- False start?
- Prefix meaning "false"
- False front?
- Prefix meaning "fake"
- Pretended
- Prefix with science
- False: Pref.
- Prefix with intellectual
More clues leading to the result PRETEND
- Make believe
- Feign
- Put up a front
- Fake it
- Sham
- One-liner, part 5
- Let on
- Role-play, say
- Make believe.
- "Let's ___."
More clues leading to the result FALSE
- Like some pretenses or teeth
- Kind of alarm or arrest
- Distorted
- Phoney baloney
- Exam answer
- Quiz choice
- Phony
- Quiz answer
- Like a whopper
- Counterfeit
More clues leading to the result BOGUS
- Fraudulent
- Like funny money
- Like the Piltdown Man
- Phony
- Sham
- Fake
- Like a three-dollar bill
- Like a slug
- Not legitimate
- Counterfeit
More clues leading to the result MOCK
More clues leading to the result ERSATZ
- Artificial
- Being an inferior substitute
- Imitation
- Manufactured
- Faux
- Fake
- Margarine, vis- -vis butter
- Sham
- Mock
- Not the real thing
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 PHONY
More clues leading to the result TRAVESTY
- Grotesque parody
- Grotesque imitation
- Grotesque burlesque
- Absurd distortion
- Sham
- Grotesque imitiation
- Mockery
- Burlesque.
- Mockery.
- Ludicrous imitation.
More clues leading to the result PRETENCE
More clues leading to the result LETON
- Pretend
- Share a secret
- Admit as much
- Pretend or divulge
- Reveal
- Divulge
- Divulge, as a secret
- Divulged
- Reveal true feelings
- Spoil the surprise
More clues leading to the result FEIGN
- Pretend
- Put on
- Reportedly willing to pretend (5)
- Sham
- Fake
- Put on the appearance of
- Dissemble
- Fake, as an injury
- Put on an appearance
- Kid around with
More clues leading to the result PHONEY
- Fake word played in Scrabble
- Not for real
- Charlatan: Slang.
- Sham
- Like a $3 bill
- Bogus: Var.
- Insincere
- Bogus, to Brits
- Insincere (Var.)
- Counterfeit (var.)
More clues leading to the result FEINT
- False move
- Shaking move
- Mock blow
- Deceptive move
- Deceiving movement
- Ring ruse
- Pugilist's ploy
- Tricky move
- Diversionary tactic
- Fencing move
More clues leading to the result SPURIOUS
More clues leading to the result HOKE
- Meaningless talk, for short
- Miss Daisy's driver
- He drove Miss Daisy
- ___ up (falsify)
- Improve superficially, with "up"
- Bunkum
- Distort, as with false data, with "up"
- Manipulate, as statistics, with "up"
- Phony (up)
- Baloney
More clues leading to the result CHEAT
- Deceive by trickery
- Shortchange, say
- Peek at the answer
- Peek during a test
- Break the rules
- Steal answers
- Get an A by stealth
- Refuse to play by the rules
- Swindle
- Use a crib sheet