The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word GYP , but the solution may also be BUNCO which is one of the most recent solution (1966 in New York Times).
Swindle: Colloq crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GYP | 25 % | 3 |
| BUNKO | 25 % | 5 |
| BUNCO | 25 % | 5 |
| SKIN | 25 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Swindle: Colloq
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bunco
- bunko
- gyp
- fake
- beat
- clip
- fiddle
- hustle
- pull
- ream
- ride
- rip
Crossword Answer definitions
GYP noun- (sometimes offensive) A member of the Romani people, or one of the sub-groups (Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc).
- (sometimes offensive) A cheat or swindle; a rip-off.
- (sometimes offensive) To cheat or swindle someone or something inappropriately.
- An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
- (sometimes offensive) A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.)
- A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
- A person with a dark complexion.
- A sly, roguish woman.
- A college servant, one who would attend upon a number of students, brushing their clothes, carrying parcels, waiting at parties and other tasks, distinct from a college porter or bedder.
- The room in which such college servants work.
- A small kitchen for use by college students.
- Gypsophila.
- Pain or discomfort.
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 GYP
More clues leading to the result BUNKO
- Con game
- Fleecing operation
- Swindle
- Swindler's operation
- Swindling in a confidence game.
- Swindle: Colloq.
- Confidence game: Colloq.
- Scam
- Confidence game
- Swindle involving worthless property
More clues leading to the result BUNCO
- Confidence game
- Con game
- Dice-rolling game
- Flimflam
- Gambling swindle
- Swampland swindle, e.g.
- Squad that squelches swindlers
- Swindler's scheme
- Game with three dice
- A shell game, for instance.