The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SLEUTH which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2015.
Tec crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| SLEUTH | 38 % | 6 | 
| DICK | 25 % | 4 | 
| PRIVATEEYE | 25 % | 10 | 
| GUMSHOE | 13 % | 7 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tec
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- detective
 - investigator
 - police detective
 - cdw
 - cpt
 - bal
 - teu
 - vdc
 - nma
 - ect
 - tech
 - poc
 
Crossword Answer definitions
SLEUTH noun- A detective.
 - A sleuth-hound; a bloodhound.
 - An animal’s trail or track.
 
- To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.
 
- Slowness; laziness, sloth.
 - A collective term for a group of bears.
 
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 SLEUTH
- Hammer or Spade
 - Wimsey, for one
 - Gumshoe
 - Oliver-Caine film
 - Detective
 - '72 Laurence Olivier mystery
 - Olivier/Caine mystery of '73
 - Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot
 - Olivier/Caine mystery of 1972
 - Movie with Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier
 
More clues leading to the result DICK
- Clark or Tracy
 - Author Philip K.
 - Tracy
 - Either portrayer of TV's Darrin Stevens
 - Vonnegut's "Deadeye ___"
 - 1999 movie about Nixon
 - Actor Powell
 - Button on skates
 - Gumshoe
 - Sleuth, slangily
 
More clues leading to the result PRIVATEEYE
- Magnum was one
 - Tracy?
 - Spade, e.g.
 - Peter Gunn, e.g.
 - Mike Hammer or Sam Spade
 - Magnum, for one
 - Sam Spade, e.g.
 - Spade, for one
 - Whodunit hero
 - Sleuth for hire