The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word RUSE , but the solution may also be FAST ONE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Trick crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| RUSE | 42 % | 4 |
| WILE | 9 % | 4 |
| DUPE | 6 % | 4 |
| CON | 4 % | 3 |
| PRANK | 4 % | 5 |
| FOOL | 3 % | 4 |
| JAPE | 2 % | 4 |
| FLAM | 2 % | 4 |
| COZEN | 2 % | 5 |
| ARTIFICE | 2 % | 8 |
| PRACTICALJOKE | 2 % | 13 |
| GET | 2 % | 3 |
| STUNT | 1 % | 5 |
| STRATAGEM | 1 % | 9 |
| SLEIGHT | 1 % | 7 |
| HOAX | 1 % | 4 |
| PLOY | 1 % | 4 |
| MISLEAD | 1 % | 7 |
| LEADON | 1 % | 6 |
| TRIPUP | 1 % | 6 |
| DECEIVE | 1 % | 7 |
| BAMBOOZLE | 1 % | 9 |
| DELUDE | 1 % | 6 |
| ENTRAP | 1 % | 6 |
| SCAM | 1 % | 4 |
| LIETO | 0 % | 5 |
| SKINGAME | 0 % | 8 |
| DODGE | 0 % | 5 |
| FLIMFLAM | 0 % | 8 |
| WILDROSES | 0 % | 9 |
| TRAP | 0 % | 4 |
| MAGICIANSDECEIT | 0 % | 15 |
| CARDSTAKEN | 0 % | 10 |
| CHARADE | 0 % | 7 |
| HOCUS | 0 % | 5 |
| CATCH | 0 % | 5 |
| CHICANE | 0 % | 7 |
| PULLAFASTONEON | 0 % | 14 |
| BAMBZLE | 0 % | 7 |
| SWINDLE | 0 % | 7 |
| TAKEIN | 0 % | 6 |
| MONKEYSHINE | 0 % | 11 |
| FASTONE | 0 % | 7 |
| FAST ONE | 0 % | 8 |
| SLEIGHTOFHAND | 0 % | 13 |
| FEINT | 0 % | 5 |
| ONEROUNDOFCARDS | 0 % | 15 |
| DOUBLECROSS | 0 % | 11 |
| FOB | 0 % | 3 |
| FOX | 0 % | 3 |
Why may RUSE be the right solution?
The answer "RUSE" fits the clue "Trick" because a ruse is a deceptive or cunning action meant to deceive or trick someone.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Trick
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- deception
- illusion
- prank
- antic
- joke
- caper
- legerdemain
- magic trick
- magic
- fob
- fox
- conjuring trick
Crossword Answer definitions
RUSE noun- A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
- (by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.
- Cunning, guile, trickery.
- To deceive or trick using a ruse.
- Of an animal: to turn or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.
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 RUSE
- Crafty manuever
- Subterfuge
- Trick
- Deception
- Devious scheme
- Artful dodge
- Bit of chicanery
- Con man's device
- Artifice
- Ploy
More clues leading to the result WILE
- __ E. Coyote
- Stratagem
- Bit of chicanery
- Scheming
- Sneaky trick
- Trick
- Artifice
- Sly stratagem
- Beguiling trick
- Pass, with "away"
More clues leading to the result DUPE
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 PRANK
- Bit of mischief
- April 1 event
- It may involve a whoopee cushion
- Imp act
- "The War of the Worlds," famously
- April 1 activity
- Practical joke
- Caper
- Mischief night activity
- Shenanigan
More clues leading to the result FOOL
- Creamy dessert
- Blockhead
- April 1 victim
- "He who hesitates," per Mae West
- Idiot
- Meatball
- One who sits on a whoopee cushion
- Start of an eight-word stepquote
- Hoodwink
- Pull a prank on
More clues leading to the result JAPE
More clues leading to the result FLAM
- Drum fill
- Drumming rudiment
- "The Flim ___ Man" (1967 film)
- "The Flim ___ Man"
- Deception
- Quick da-dum, on drum
- Drumbeat
- Trick
- Hoax
- Two-stroke drumbeat
More clues leading to the result COZEN
- Cheat
- Defraud
- Fleece
- Swindle
- Deceive
- Lead down the garden path
- Trick
- Hoodwink
- Defraud.
- Defraud in a paltry way.
More clues leading to the result ARTIFICE
More clues leading to the result PRACTICALJOKE
- TRICK
- April Fools' Day prank, perhaps
- "Gotcha!" precursor, perhaps
- April first activity
- Prank.
- Useful humor?
- *Staple of "Candid Camera"
More clues leading to the result GET
- "__ lost!"
- "____ my drift?"
- Obtain
- Catch
- Come down with
- Pick up
- "___ Smart"
- Pay back
- Tennis retrieval
- "__ my drift?"
More clues leading to the result STUNT
- Like the TV wedding, perhaps
- Prank
- Doubles' job
- Double's job
- "Jackass" activity
- Headline grabber
- Publicity ___
- Beat the Clock poser
- Publicity ploy
- "Beat the Clock" challenge
More clues leading to the result STRATAGEM
More clues leading to the result SLEIGHT
- TRICK
- ___ of hand (magic)
- Dexterity
- __ of hand (magician's forte)
- Dexterity.
- ___-of-hand.
- Adroitness.
- ___ of hand
- Trickiness
- Deceptive dexterity
More clues leading to the result HOAX
- Mare's-nest
- The Cardiff Giant, for one
- Hoodwink
- Like an urban legend
- UFO's, perhaps
- Manti Te'o's girlfriend, for one
- The Cardiff Giant, e.g.
- Facebook privacy announcement, e.g.
- Kurt Vonnegut's faux commencement address e-mail, e.g.
- Like many a catfish relationship
More clues leading to the result PLOY
- Ruse
- Gimmick
- Artful dodge
- Clever machination
- Tricky maneuver
- Strategy
- Underhanded tactic
- Stratagem
- Clever tactic
- Sly stratagem
More clues leading to the result MISLEAD
- Dupe
- Deceive
- Throw a curveball to
- Send astray.
- Deceive.
- Cause to err.
- Throw off the scent
- Trick
- Give the bum steer
- What weasel words do
More clues leading to the result LEADON
More clues leading to the result TRIPUP
- Cause to make a mistake
- Catch in a lie, e.g.
- Trick
- Catch in a lie, say
- Cause to stumble
- Catch in a lie
- Cause to stumble.
- Stumble.
- Throw off balance
- Leave without a leg to stand on
More clues leading to the result DECEIVE
More clues leading to the result BAMBOOZLE
More clues leading to the result DELUDE
More clues leading to the result ENTRAP
- Catch in a snare
- Catch, in a way
- Lure into wrongdoing
- Set up
- Snare
- Catch in
- Frame
- Lead into temptation?
- Catch in a sting
- Bag
More clues leading to the result SCAM
- Sting
- Get-rich-quick offering, often
- Hoodwink
- Shell game, e.g.
- Con game
- Con man's trick
- Deceptive act
- Pyramid scheme?
- Three-card monte, for one
- Flimflam
More clues leading to the result LIETO
- Deceive
- Stay put, nautically
- Be dishonest with
- Be untruthful with
- Mislead
- Not be straight with
- Con
- Mislead, in a way
- Deceive, in a way
- Misinform
More clues leading to the result SKINGAME
More clues leading to the result DODGE
- Caravan maker
- Adroitly avoid
- Sidestep
- Ram's parent?
- Steer clear of
- Durango maker
- Duck
- Charger or Challenger
- Avoid
- Viper manufacturer
More clues leading to the result FLIMFLAM
More clues leading to the result WILDROSES
More clues leading to the result TRAP
- "The Parent ____"
- "The Tender ___"
- Clay-pigeon launcher
- Mouth, slangily
- Pitfall
- Ensnare
- Golf course hazard
- Golf hazard
- Headache for Tiger Woods
- Lint spot
More clues leading to the result MAGICIANSDECEIT
More clues leading to the result CARDSTAKEN
More clues leading to the result CHARADE
- Trick
- 1963 Cary Grant film
- ...and another
- Blatant deception
- Deception
- Elaborate pretense
- Obvious sham
- Blatant pretense
- Pretentious deception
- Obvious deceit
More clues leading to the result HOCUS
- Pocus' partner
- Start of a magician's phrase
- Half a magic phrase
- With 59 Down, sleight of hand
- Conjurer's first word?
- Pocus lead-in
- Start of a magical incantation
- Half of a magician's rhyme
- Magical opening
- Magical start
More clues leading to the result CATCH
- Face a fastballer
- ___ of the day (restaurant offering)
- Hidden problem
- Concealed drawback
- Come down with
- Hidden drawback
- Work behind the plate
- "___ a Falling Star" (Perry Como hit)
- Throwing game
- Snag, as a fly ball
More clues leading to the result CHICANE
- Deception
- Do a snow job on
- Trickery
- Hoodwink
- Sharp practice.
- Bridge hand sans trumps.
- Trickery.
- Get by mean means.
- Trick
- Obstacle on a car-racing track
More clues leading to the result PULLAFASTONEON
More clues leading to the result BAMBZLE
More clues leading to the result SWINDLE
More clues leading to the result TAKEIN
- Adopt, in a way
- Garner
- Flimflam
- Provide lodging for
- Earn
- Adopt
- Bamboozle
- Deceive
- Gross at the store
- Adopt, as a puppy
More clues leading to the result MONKEYSHINE
More clues leading to the result FASTONE
- Bit of chicanery
- Cheater's move
- What a hustler pulls
- Piece of trickery
- Scam, informally
- Scam that's "pulled"
- Slick trick that's "pulled"
- *Slick trick
- Slick trick
- Bit of deceit
More clues leading to the result FAST ONE
More clues leading to the result SLEIGHTOFHAND
- TRICK
- Deception. of a kind
- Magician's deception
- Magician's talent
- Deception of a sort.
- Adroitness.
- Legerdemain
- The Orlando --
- His skill
More clues leading to the result FEINT
- False move
- Shaking move
- Mock blow
- Deceptive move
- Deceiving movement
- Ring ruse
- Pugilist's ploy
- Tricky move
- Diversionary tactic
- Fencing move
More clues leading to the result ONEROUNDOFCARDS
More clues leading to the result DOUBLECROSS
- TRICK
- Act of betrayal
- Betrayal
- Traitorous maneuver.
- Staple Le Carré feature
- *Act of betrayal
- Betray ... or a hint to four answers in this puzzle
- Betray
- St. Anthony s and St. Andrew s
More clues leading to the result FOB
- Ribbon for a pocket-watch
- Watch adjunct
- Watch chain
- Watch pocket
- "The Gift of the Magi" gift
- It often keeps a watch
- Key holder
- Watch holder
- Pocket for a watch
- One often on the watch?