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 |
| FLAM | 2 % | 4 |
| JAPE | 2 % | 4 |
| GET | 2 % | 3 |
| COZEN | 2 % | 5 |
| ARTIFICE | 2 % | 8 |
| PRACTICALJOKE | 2 % | 13 |
| STUNT | 1 % | 5 |
| STRATAGEM | 1 % | 9 |
| DELUDE | 1 % | 6 |
| ENTRAP | 1 % | 6 |
| SCAM | 1 % | 4 |
| SLEIGHT | 1 % | 7 |
| HOAX | 1 % | 4 |
| PLOY | 1 % | 4 |
| MISLEAD | 1 % | 7 |
| LEADON | 1 % | 6 |
| TRIPUP | 1 % | 6 |
| DECEIVE | 1 % | 7 |
| BAMBOOZLE | 1 % | 9 |
| FEINT | 0 % | 5 |
| ONEROUNDOFCARDS | 0 % | 15 |
| FAST ONE | 0 % | 8 |
| SLEIGHTOFHAND | 0 % | 13 |
| FOB | 0 % | 3 |
| FOX | 0 % | 3 |
| DOUBLECROSS | 0 % | 11 |
| LIETO | 0 % | 5 |
| SKINGAME | 0 % | 8 |
| DODGE | 0 % | 5 |
| FLIMFLAM | 0 % | 8 |
| TRAP | 0 % | 4 |
| MAGICIANSDECEIT | 0 % | 15 |
| WILDROSES | 0 % | 9 |
| CARDSTAKEN | 0 % | 10 |
| HOCUS | 0 % | 5 |
| CATCH | 0 % | 5 |
| CHARADE | 0 % | 7 |
| CHICANE | 0 % | 7 |
| PULLAFASTONEON | 0 % | 14 |
| BAMBZLE | 0 % | 7 |
| SWINDLE | 0 % | 7 |
| TAKEIN | 0 % | 6 |
| MONKEYSHINE | 0 % | 11 |
| FASTONE | 0 % | 7 |
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 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 JAPE
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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?
More clues leading to the result FOX
- Vixen, e.g.
- "Gotham" channel
- Adult 60-Down
- Megyn Kelly's channel
- Total babe
- "The Simpsons" network
- "Spin City" star
- See 105-Across
- Henhouse raider
- McFly portrayer
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 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 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 WILDROSES
More clues leading to the result CARDSTAKEN
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 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 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