The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CONS , but the solution may also be BILKS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Swindles crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CONS | 25 % | 4 |
| BILKS | 12 % | 5 |
| GYPS | 8 % | 4 |
| ROOKS | 7 % | 5 |
| FLEECES | 6 % | 7 |
| RIPSOFF | 6 % | 7 |
| SCAMS | 4 % | 5 |
| GRIFTS | 4 % | 6 |
| DUPES | 3 % | 5 |
| DOESIN | 3 % | 6 |
| CHEATS | 3 % | 6 |
| RIPOFFS | 3 % | 7 |
| CHISELS | 2 % | 7 |
| STINGS | 1 % | 6 |
| ROBS | 1 % | 4 |
| CONSOLES | 1 % | 8 |
| REAMS | 1 % | 5 |
| BUNCOS | 1 % | 6 |
| DOUBLECROSSES | 1 % | 13 |
| TREPANS | 1 % | 7 |
| COZENS | 1 % | 6 |
| TAKESFORAFOOL | 1 % | 13 |
| JOBS | 1 % | 4 |
| FLIMFLAMS | 1 % | 9 |
| EUCHRES | 1 % | 7 |
| MULCTS | 1 % | 6 |
| BOODLES | 1 % | 7 |
| PULLSAFASTONEON | 1 % | 15 |
| BUNKOS | 1 % | 6 |
| VICTIMIZES | 1 % | 10 |
Why may CONS be the right solution?
The answer to "Swindles" is "CONS" because "cons" is a commonly used term for fraudulent schemes or scams.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Swindles
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gyp
- bunco
- defraud
- cheat
- nobble
- mulct
- con
- diddle
- rook
- cheats
- scams
- frauds
Crossword Answer definitions
CONS noun- A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).
- (abbreviation) conservative
- A convicted criminal, a convict.
- A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.
- An organized gathering such as a convention, conference or congress.
- The conversion of part of a building.
- A data structure in LISP that is a pair of pointers, car and cdr, used mainly for lists.
- To obtain a list from a cons or a nesting of conses; to prepend an element to a list by forming a cons of that element and the list; to obtain a list from a smaller one by repeated application of such kind of prepending.
- To study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.
- To know, understand, acknowledge.
- To trick or defraud, usually for personal gain.
- To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).
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 CONS
- Bamboozles
- Time servers
- Negatives
- Yardbirds
- Swindles
- Puts one over on
- Takes for a ride
- Pen pals?
- Pen men
- Potential problems
More clues leading to the result BILKS
- Sells a bill of goods to
- Swindles
- Defrauds
- Takes for a ride
- Takes to the cleaners, so to speak
- Takes for a ride, so to speak
- Cheats
- Takes to the cleaners
- Chisels
- Defrauds.
More clues leading to the result GYPS
More clues leading to the result ROOKS
- Chess castle
- Corner pieces
- Knights neighbors
- Castles
- Corner pieces?
- They can move across ranks and files
- Chess "castles"
- They move along ranks and files
- Swindles
- Castles on boards
More clues leading to the result FLEECES
- Swindles
- Rooks
- Defrauds
- Takes for a sucker
- Pulls a scam on
- Takes, in a way
- Wool coats
- Takes to the cleaners
- Swindles.
- Overcharges on purpose
More clues leading to the result RIPSOFF
More clues leading to the result SCAMS
- Flimflams
- Ponzi schemes
- Rackets
- Confidence games
- Con games
- Pro con activities?
- Fleeces
- Fleecing activities
- Con jobs
- Bogus offers
More clues leading to the result GRIFTS
More clues leading to the result DUPES
- Cat's-paws
- Deceives
- Fools, as I have never done to anyone in my life
- Marks
- Swindles
- Gullible guys
- Suckers in
- Patsies
- Plays for a fool
- Swindling victims
More clues leading to the result DOESIN
- Swindles
- Dispatches
- Liquidates, so to speak
- Knocks off
- Bumps off
- Dispatches, as a dragon
- Rubs out
- Wears out
- Slays
- Ices
More clues leading to the result CHEATS
- Plays in god mode, say
- Goes looking for answers?
- Looks to a friend for answers, perhaps
- Has an ace up one's sleeve
- Swindles
- Peeks on a test, say
- Swindlers
- Breaks the rules
- Deals from the bottom, say
- Has an ace up one's sleeve, say
More clues leading to the result RIPOFFS
- Con games
- Swindles
- Sales scams
- They aren't worth the money
- Scams and swindles
- Wastes of money
- Shady coups
- Shell games
- Scams
- Situations of exploitation
More clues leading to the result CHISELS
- Sculpts
- Swindles
- Cutting tools
- Wedgelike tools
- Woodworking tools
- Sculptor's tools.
- Does petty cheating
- Tools for swindlers?
- Cheats
- Some woodworking tools
More clues leading to the result STINGS
- Con games
- Swindles
- Undercover jobs
- Feels like a lash
- Bee batteries
- Drones don't deliver them
- Scorpion attacks
- Undercover operations
- Wasp woes
- Bee bites
More clues leading to the result ROBS
More clues leading to the result CONSOLES
- Shows compassion
- Wii U and others
- Soothes
- Gives a shoulder to cry on
- Pieces of furniture
- Certain radio cabinets.
- TV models.
- TV cabinets
- Comforts
- Xbox and GameCube
More clues leading to the result REAMS
- Paper measures
- Paper quantities
- Paper quantities in the office supply closet
- Paper supply
- Sheets and sheets
- Stacks of sheets
- Some paper
- Dunder-Mifflin units
- Humongous amounts
- Tons of paperwork
More clues leading to the result BUNCOS
More clues leading to the result DOUBLECROSSES
More clues leading to the result TREPANS
- Holing devices
- Obsolete surgical tools
- Swindles.
- Boring tools.
- Tools for cutting holes
- Boring tools
- Coring tools
More clues leading to the result COZENS
More clues leading to the result TAKESFORAFOOL
More clues leading to the result JOBS
- With Wozniak, Apple founder
- Occupations
- Politician's promise
- Gigs
- Campaign issue
- Exec Steve
- Livelihoods
- Posts
- Apple CEO Steve
- Employment Insurance concern