The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FEAR , but the solution may also be SHADY which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Suspect crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FEAR | 18 % | 4 |
| SHADY | 15 % | 5 |
| FISHY | 9 % | 5 |
| SMELLARAT | 9 % | 9 |
| HAVEAHUNCH | 9 % | 10 |
| PRESUME | 6 % | 7 |
| MISTRUST | 6 % | 8 |
| BEONTO | 6 % | 6 |
| SENSE | 6 % | 5 |
| SURMISE | 3 % | 7 |
| MISDOUBT | 3 % | 8 |
| DISTRUST | 3 % | 8 |
| HAVEANIDEA | 3 % | 10 |
| SMELL | 3 % | 5 |
Why may SHADY be the right solution?
The word "shady" can be used to describe someone who is suspicious or untrustworthy, which fits the definition of a suspect.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Suspect
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- suspicious
- mistrust
- questionable
- doubt
- distrust
- funny
- shady
- surmise
- accused
- defendant
- queer
- fishy
Crossword Answer definitions
FEAR noun- A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
- A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
- Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
- To feel fear about (something or someone); to be afraid of; to consider or expect with alarm.
- To feel fear (about something).
- (used with for) To worry about, to feel concern for, to be afraid for.
- To venerate; to feel awe towards.
- To regret.
- To cause fear to; to frighten.
- To be anxious or solicitous for.
- To suspect; to doubt.
- Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.
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 FEAR
- "Cape __" (De Niro movie)
- Be frightened of
- Dread
- Phobia
- Subject of a famous quote from FDR's inauguration
- North Carolina cape
- Adrenaline releaser
- "Nothing is more despicable than respect based on ___" (Camus)
- Cape in a Nolte flick
- Survival instinct?
More clues leading to the result SHADY
- Disreputable
- Not to be trusted
- Suspicious
- Dubious
- Suspect
- Unsavory
- Like arboreal areas
- Not quite legit
- Not exactly legit
- A bit fishy
More clues leading to the result FISHY
- Questionable
- Suspicious
- Not on the up and up
- Hard to swallow
- Dubious
- Unconvincing
- Unbelievable
- Pretty suspicious
- Unbelievable: colloq.
- Improbably: Colloq.
More clues leading to the result SMELLARAT
- Be suspicious
- Sense something's amiss
- Suspect chicanery
- Become suspicious
- Suspect something is fishy
- Suspect foul play
- Get suspicious
- Harbor suspicion
- Suspect dishonesty
- Don't buy it
More clues leading to the result HAVEAHUNCH
More clues leading to the result PRESUME
- Take for granted
- Suppose
- Suspect
- Take it that
- Infer.
- Take for granted.
- Suppose.
- Stanley's well-known verb.
- Venture.
- Stanley's word
More clues leading to the result MISTRUST
More clues leading to the result BEONTO
More clues leading to the result SENSE
- Common quality?
- Feel
- Good judgment
- Have a feeling
- Purpose
- Sixth __
- "Common __" (1776 tract)
- Common ___ (Thomas Paine essay)
- Common or taste
- Feeling
More clues leading to the result SURMISE
- Conjecture
- Guess
- Infer
- "Looked at each other with a wild ___."—Keats.
- Guess.
- Conjecture.
- Reckon
- Suspect
- Guess to be true