The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word THUG which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2017.
Tough guy crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| THUG | 30 % | 4 |
| HEMAN | 19 % | 5 |
| HOOD | 11 % | 4 |
| IRONMAN | 11 % | 7 |
| HARDNOSE | 11 % | 8 |
| BRUISER | 7 % | 7 |
| HOOLIGAN | 4 % | 8 |
| STOIC | 4 % | 5 |
| BULLYBOY | 4 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Tough guy
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- plug-ugly
- bruiser
- tough cookie
- toughie
- strongman
- strapper
- muscleman
- football player
- strongling
- heavy hitter
- hard-nose
- hardballer
Crossword Answer definitions
THUG noun- Someone with an intimidating and unseemly appearance and mannerisms, who treats others violently and roughly, often for hire.
- One of a band of assassins formerly active in northern India who worshipped Kali and offered their victims to her.
- In gardening, an over-vigorous plant that spreads and dominates the flowerbed.
- A punk; a hoodlum; a hooligan.
- To commit acts of thuggery, to live the life of a thug, or to dress and act in a manner reminiscent of someone who does.
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 THUG
More clues leading to the result HEMAN
- Popeye, after eating spinach
- Tough guy
- Model of virility
- Muscle builder
- Tough hero
- Macho one
- Skeletor's enemy
- Macho guy
- Epitome of virility
- Macho type
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 IRONMAN
- Tony Stark's secret identity
- Certain triathlete
- Tough guy
- 2008 Robert Downey Jr. hit
- Superhero with red-and-yellow armor
- Tough-guy competition
- Superhero with energy repulsors
- Robert Downey Jr. trilogy
- Marvel Comics superhero
- Armored superhero
More clues leading to the result HARDNOSE
- Tough guy
- Tough, practical, and unsentimental one
- Uncompromising person
- Stubborn person
- Tough, unsentimental type
More clues leading to the result BRUISER
- Big rough lug
- Husky fellow
- Big lug
- Tough guy
- Pugilist.
- Fisticuffer.
- Professional boxer.
- Bully.
- Bully: Colloq.
- Ruffian.
More clues leading to the result HOOLIGAN
- Urban brawler
- Tough guy
- Ruffian
- Young gang member
- Rowdy sort
- "Happy" hobo of old comic strip.
- Happy ___, comics hero
- Tough
- Rowdy
- Rowdy soccer fan, for one
More clues leading to the result STOIC
- Imperturbable
- Zeno, for one
- Follower of Zeno
- Seemingly indifferent
- Student of Zeno
- Stiff-upper-lip type
- Like Zeno
- Indifferent to pain
- Uncomplaining
- Not easily flapped