The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word PAWN which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2021.
Unwitting tool crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PAWN | 86 % | 4 |
| CATSPAW | 14 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Unwitting tool
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- pawn
- dupe
- goat
- sap
- patsy
- stooge
- curette
- pick
- aak
- aberration
- agnostic
- ans
Crossword Answer definitions
PAWN noun- The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.
- Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
- The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
- An instance of pawning something.
- An item given as security on a loan, or as a pledge.
- A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
- To pledge; to stake or wager.
- To give as security on a loan of money; especially, to deposit (something) at a pawn shop.
- A psychoactive preparation of betel leaf combined with areca nut and/or cured tobacco, chewed recreationally in Asia; such a preparation served wrapped in the leaf.
- A gallery.
- (originally leet) To own, to defeat or dominate (someone or something, especially a game or someone playing a game).
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 PAWN
- Chess piece
- Hock
- Board member up for promotion?
- Tal man?
- Unwitting accomplice
- King's soldier
- King's soldier, maybe
- Lowly chess piece
- Small piece
- Piece captured en passant