The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SCAM , but the solution may also be THIMBLERIG which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).
Shell game crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SCAM | 65 % | 4 |
| CON | 13 % | 3 |
| THIMBLERIG | 8 % | 10 |
| CREW | 5 % | 4 |
| OIL | 3 % | 3 |
| EGGTOSS | 3 % | 7 |
| SWINDLE | 3 % | 7 |
| SKEET | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shell game
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- thimblerig
- cockshy
- kelly pool
- pitchpenny
- hunt the slipper
- up jenkins
- old army game
- squails
- pea shake
- dice shaker
- thimble
- liar's dice
Crossword Answer definitions
SCAM noun- A fraudulent deal.
- Something that is promoted using scams.
- To defraud or embezzle.
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 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 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 THIMBLERIG
More clues leading to the result CREW
- Aircraft personnel
- Cruise ship personnel
- Shell game?
- Short cut?
- Work force
- All hands
- All-hands on deck, e.g.?
- Yacht workers
- Plane Janes, maybe?
- Punters?
More clues leading to the result OIL
- Lubricate
- Peanut product
- Black gold
- Tin Man's need
- Wildcatter's quest
- Artist's medium
- Cooking additive
- Cottonseed product
- Friction easer
- It's burned at midnight
More clues leading to the result EGGTOSS
- Picnic game
- Game of catch that is played very gingerly
- Game with many breaks
- Game with a lot of breaks
- Picnic game that can get messy
- Traditional spring game
- Game in which it's easy to make a mess
- Shell game?
- Potentially messy field day event