The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CROOK , but the solution may also be CON which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in LA Times).
Swindler crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CROOK | 27 % | 5 |
| CHEAT | 18 % | 5 |
| CONMAN | 11 % | 6 |
| FLEECER | 7 % | 7 |
| SHARPER | 2 % | 7 |
| BUNKOARTIST | 2 % | 11 |
| SCAMMER | 2 % | 7 |
| CON | 2 % | 3 |
| CONWOMAN | 2 % | 8 |
| FRAUD | 2 % | 5 |
| FASTOPERATOR | 2 % | 12 |
| SHARP | 2 % | 5 |
| ROOKER | 2 % | 6 |
| SHARPY | 2 % | 6 |
| FAKER | 2 % | 5 |
| CONARTIST | 2 % | 9 |
| RIPOFFARTIST | 2 % | 12 |
| SCAMARTIST | 2 % | 10 |
| THIEF | 2 % | 5 |
| CONPERSON | 2 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Swindler
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sharper
- sharpie
- gouger
- chiseller
- chiseler
- sharpy
- fraudster
- cheater
- cheat
- faker
- fraud
- phoney
Crossword Answer definitions
CROOK noun- A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
- A bending of the knee; a genuflection.
- A bent or curved part; a curving piece or portion (of anything).
- A lock or curl of hair.
- A gibbet.
- A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.
- A shepherd's crook; a staff with a semi-circular bend ("hook") at one end used by shepherds.
- A bishop's staff of office.
- An artifice; a trick; a contrivance.
- A person who steals, lies, cheats or does other dishonest or illegal things; a criminal.
- A pothook.
- A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.
- To bend, or form into a hook.
- To become bent or hooked.
- To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.
- Bad, unsatisfactory, not up to standard.
- Ill, sick.
- Annoyed, angry; upset.
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 CROOK
- Ponzi scheme operator
- Nixon denied being one
- Shepherd's staff
- Bend, turn, or curve
- Cop's quarry
- One who practices breaking and entering
- Sharper
- Swindler
- Curved piece
- Hustler
More clues leading to the result CHEAT
- Deceive by trickery
- Shortchange, say
- Peek at the answer
- Peek during a test
- Break the rules
- Steal answers
- Get an A by stealth
- Refuse to play by the rules
- Swindle
- Use a crib sheet
More clues leading to the result CONMAN
- One running a "Big Store"
- Shyster
- Many a character in "The Sting"
- Henry Gondorff, Johnny Hooker, or Kid Twist
- Swindler
- Scammer
- Hustler
- One with a racket
- Snake oil hawker, say
- Bane for the gullible
More clues leading to the result FLEECER
More clues leading to the result SHARPER
- More distinct
- Less dull
- More brainy
- Not as vague
- Swindler
- More on the ball
- More honed
- More astute
- Cheat at cards
- Confidence man.
More clues leading to the result BUNKOARTIST
More clues leading to the result SCAMMER
More clues leading to the result CON
- Jailer's charge
- Man in the pen
- Joint tenant
- Kind of game
- Take for a ride
- Thimblerig
- Swindle
- __ brio
- One who didn't dodge a charge?
- Spam, often (and the start of a split order of rice porridge)
More clues leading to the result CONWOMAN
More clues leading to the result FRAUD
- Impostor
- Charlatan
- Mountebank
- Trickery
- Bunco squad's concern
- Criminal deception
- Super duper
- Dupery
- Businessman's crime
- Deceptive crime
More clues leading to the result FASTOPERATOR
More clues leading to the result SHARP
- On the dot
- Out of tune
- Off key
- On, as a pitcher
- A little high in music class?
- Like the cutting edge
- Higher than normal
- On the ball
- What # may indicate
- Pitched too high
More clues leading to the result ROOKER
More clues leading to the result SHARPY
More clues leading to the result FAKER
- One who plays possum, for example
- Phony
- Charlatan
- Quack
- Con artist
- Impostor
- Phony person
- Pretender
- Actor, usually
- Fraud
More clues leading to the result CONARTIST
More clues leading to the result RIPOFFARTIST
More clues leading to the result SCAMARTIST
- Hustler
- Sharper
- Swindler
- Conman
- One may take you in
- Con guy
- Phony
- One might take you in
- One who's gotten good marks?
- Con pro (see letters 4 to 7)
More clues leading to the result THIEF
- Bandit
- One who might take the cake
- One who takes things the wrong way?
- Ganef
- Burglar
- Pickpocket
- Moll Flanders, e.g.
- Fence's supplier
- Shoplifter
- Crook