The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ACTED , but the solution may also be MOCK which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Simulated crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ACTED | 20 % | 5 |
| FAKED | 20 % | 5 |
| STAGED | 12 % | 6 |
| APED | 12 % | 4 |
| SHAM | 8 % | 4 |
| MOCK | 8 % | 4 |
| PRETEND | 4 % | 7 |
| ERSATZ | 4 % | 6 |
| IMITATED | 4 % | 8 |
| MIMED | 4 % | 5 |
| PRETENDED | 4 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Simulated
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- imitative
- imitation
- artificial
- faux
- fake
- false
- unreal
- virtual
- fictive
- mock-up
- fictional
- fictitious
Crossword Answer definitions
ACTED verb- To do something.
- To do (something); to perform.
- To perform a theatrical role.
- Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- To convey an appearance of being.
- To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- To play (a role).
- To feign.
- (construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group of automorphisms (of).
- To move to action; to actuate; to animate.
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 ACTED
- Played the part
- Did summer stock
- Officiated
- Played Polonius
- Portrayed
- Hammed it up
- Hit the big screen
- Took a role
- Took measures
- Behaved
More clues leading to the result FAKED
- Duped
- Falsified
- Doctored
- Reproduced fraudulently
- Pretended
- Doctored in a bad way
- Not legit
- Not real
- Made up
- Put on an act
More clues leading to the result STAGED
- Put on a show
- Put on, as a show
- Enacted
- Contrived
- Like a pro wrestling event
- Produced, as a play
- Put on
- Not impromptu
- Brought to Broadway
- Not occurring naturally
More clues leading to the result APED
- Did a Little bit
- Followed the leader
- Mimed
- Mimicked
- Parroted
- Copied
- Emulated
- Was a copy cat, using a different animal metaphor
- Acted the parrot or copycat, in simian terms
- Imitated
More clues leading to the result SHAM
- Bogus
- Decorative cover
- Fake
- Pillow cover
- Pillow protector
- Sam the __ and the Pharaohs
- Bedding item
- Deceit
- Fraud
- Hoax
More clues leading to the result MOCK
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 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 IMITATED
- Acted like
- Followed
- Participated in charades
- Flattered in the most sincere way
- Flattered, in a way
- Mimicked
- Talked like
- Flattered sincerely.
- Copied.
- Did take-offs.
More clues leading to the result MIMED
- Made like Marceau
- Went without saying?
- Played charades
- Performed like silent street performers
- Imitated Marcel Marceau
- Aped
- Copied
- Portrayed using gestures
- Emulated Harpo
- Acted quietly?