The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GOON which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2021.
Thug crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GOON | 54 % | 4 |
| GORILLA | 15 % | 7 |
| HOOD | 10 % | 4 |
| APE | 5 % | 3 |
| BRUTE | 5 % | 5 |
| RUFFIAN | 3 % | 7 |
| BADASS | 1 % | 6 |
| PLUGUGLY | 1 % | 8 |
| GANGSTER | 1 % | 8 |
| ENFORCER | 1 % | 8 |
| HOODLUM | 1 % | 7 |
| ROUGHNECK | 1 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Thug
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hoodlum
- goon
- punk
- tough
- toughie
- hood
- gangsta
- gangster
- bandit
- mugger
- robber
- thief
Crossword Answer definitions
GOON noun- A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
- A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
- An enforcer or fighter.
- (WWII, PoW slang) A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.
- A member of the comedy web site Something Awful.
- A wine flagon or cask.
- Cheap or inferior cask wine.
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 GOON
More clues leading to the result GORILLA
- Big ape
- Bruiser
- King Kong, e.g.
- Endangered anthropoid
- Silverback, e.g.
- Goon
- Thug
- Greatest of the great apes
- Heavy-handed hooligan
- Donkey Kong, for one
More clues leading to the result HOOD
- British bonnet
- Umbrella alternative
- Cowl
- Ruffian
- Where the "Boyz" are?
- Sweatshirt part, perhaps
- Spot for an ornament
- It goes over your head
- Hooligan
- Young tough
More clues leading to the result APE
- "Going __!" (Danza bomb)
- Act like
- Brutish one
- Copy
- Lummox
- Make like
- O'Neill's "The Hairy __"
- O'Neill's hairy title character
- Rue Morgue culprit
- Aldous Huxley's "__ and Essence"
More clues leading to the result BRUTE
- Insensitive person
- Thug
- Animal
- Mean-spirited lout
- Savage critter
- Savage
- Ill-mannered one
- Barbarian
- Yahoo
- Monster
More clues leading to the result RUFFIAN
More clues leading to the result BADASS
- Chuck Norris, notably
- Thug
- Ultracool person
- Impressively tough, slangily
- Total baller
- Awesomely tough
- Supremely cool person
- Extremely awesome
- Impressively tough and cool
More clues leading to the result PLUGUGLY
More clues leading to the result GANGSTER
- Hood
- Mafioso
- Thug
- Tony Soprano, e.g.
- Criminal.
- Movie role.
- "Little Caesar."
- Tough.
- Little Caesar, e.g.
- Diamond was one
More clues leading to the result ENFORCER
More clues leading to the result HOODLUM
- Plug-ugly thug
- Tough punk
- Gang member
- Gangster
- Bad sort whose second syllable is often dropped
- Thug
- Street tough.
- Tough.
- Gorilla
- Tough