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 |
| HAVEAHUNCH | 9 % | 10 |
| SMELLARAT | 9 % | 9 |
| FISHY | 9 % | 5 |
| SENSE | 6 % | 5 |
| BEONTO | 6 % | 6 |
| PRESUME | 6 % | 7 |
| MISTRUST | 6 % | 8 |
| MISDOUBT | 3 % | 8 |
| HAVEANIDEA | 3 % | 10 |
| DISTRUST | 3 % | 8 |
| SMELL | 3 % | 5 |
| SURMISE | 3 % | 7 |
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 HAVEAHUNCH
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 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 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 BEONTO
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 MISDOUBT
More clues leading to the result HAVEANIDEA
More clues leading to the result DISTRUST
More clues leading to the result SMELL
- Need a bath badly
- Get wind of
- Sniff out
- Use one's nose
- "I ________ a rat!"
- Odor
- Common sense
- Detect
- Fish market's pickup?
- Funk