The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RAT which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Stool pigeon crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RAT | 43 % | 3 |
| FINK | 20 % | 4 |
| CANARY | 8 % | 6 |
| NAMER | 5 % | 5 |
| WEASEL | 5 % | 6 |
| INFORMANT | 5 % | 9 |
| RATFINK | 3 % | 7 |
| TATTLER | 2 % | 7 |
| PEACHER | 2 % | 7 |
| INFORMER | 2 % | 8 |
| SNITCH | 2 % | 6 |
| NARK | 2 % | 4 |
| DIVULGER | 2 % | 8 |
| PLANT | 2 % | 5 |
Why may RAT be the right solution?
"Stool pigeon" is a slang term for someone who betrays or informs on others. "RAT" is a common synonym for a traitor or informant, making it the right answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Stool pigeon
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- stool
- utility pigeon
- pining stool
- popinjay
- pigeonnier
- decoy-duck
- fowling piece
- duck decoy
- donkey stool
- cushat
- poult
- bal-chatri
Crossword Answer definitions
RAT noun- A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
- Any of the numerous members of several rodent families (e.g. voles and mice) that resemble true rats in appearance, usually having a pointy snout, a long, bare tail, and body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
- A person who is known for betrayal; a scoundrel; a quisling.
- An informant or snitch.
- A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.
- A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
- A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
- A roll of material used to puff out the hair, which is turned over it.
- Vagina.
- Short for muskrat.
- (usually with “on” or “out”) To betray a person or party, especially by telling their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn someone in.
- To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.
- (of a dog, etc.) To kill rats.
- A scratch or a score.
- A place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn apart in stormy weather.
- To scratch or score.
- To tear, rip, rend.
- Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.
- A ration.
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 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 FINK
More clues leading to the result CANARY
- Stool pigeon
- Stoolie
- One who cracks under interrogation, slangily
- Bright yellow
- Yellow bird
- Tweety, e.g.
- Household warbler
- Singer in a cage
- Spain's ___ Islands
- Vivid yellow
More clues leading to the result NAMER
- Nominator
- Someone dubbing
- Adam, in Genesis 2:20
- Title giver
- New parent, typically
- New parent, eventually
- Finger pointer
- Adam, to the animals
- Snitch, perhaps
- Stool pigeon
More clues leading to the result WEASEL
- It may go "pop"
- Sneak
- Mink or ermine
- Sneaky person
- Stool pigeon
- Turncoat
- Underhanded sort
- Ermine, for one
- Critter in a pop song?
- Sneaky sort
More clues leading to the result INFORMANT
More clues leading to the result RATFINK
More clues leading to the result TATTLER
More clues leading to the result PEACHER
More clues leading to the result INFORMER
- Dime dropper
- Canary
- McLaglen's famous role.
- Betrayer of a sort.
- McLaglen's 1935 Oscar film, with "The"
- Tattletale
- Stool pigeon
More clues leading to the result SNITCH
- Tell all
- Whistle-blower, less flatteringly
- Tattletale
- Squeal
- Tell (on)
- Rat
- Informant
- Tell
- State secrets?
- Tattle
More clues leading to the result NARK
- Balance sheet plus
- Law enforcement officer
- Law enforcement officer (var.)
- Police informer
- Antidrug cop
- One who works with a lot of crack jobs?
- Stoolie
- Stoolie, to Brits
- Stratford stoolie
- Stoolie, in Stratford