The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SLEUTH , but the solution may also be PRIVATEEYE which is one of the most recent solution (2003 in USA Today).
Whodunit character crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLEUTH | 33 % | 6 |
| SUSPECT | 17 % | 7 |
| PRIVATEEYE | 17 % | 10 |
| CORPSE | 17 % | 6 |
| MURDERER | 17 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Whodunit character
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sleuth
- suspect
- tec
- case
- nero
- queen
- suspense
- edgar
- mystery
- rex
- sue
- twist
Crossword Answer definitions
SLEUTH noun- A detective.
- A sleuth-hound; a bloodhound.
- An animal’s trail or track.
- To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.
- Slowness; laziness, sloth.
- A collective term for a group of bears.
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 SLEUTH
- Hammer or Spade
- Wimsey, for one
- Gumshoe
- Oliver-Caine film
- Detective
- '72 Laurence Olivier mystery
- Olivier/Caine mystery of '73
- Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot
- Olivier/Caine mystery of 1972
- Movie with Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier
More clues leading to the result SUSPECT
- Whodunit figure
- Any "Clue" character
- Possible perpetrator
- Fishy
- Questionable
- Lineup member
- Fly-by-night
- Character in a whodunit.
- Possible culprit.
- Whodunit character.
More clues leading to the result PRIVATEEYE
- Magnum was one
- Tracy?
- Spade, e.g.
- Peter Gunn, e.g.
- Mike Hammer or Sam Spade
- Magnum, for one
- Sam Spade, e.g.
- Spade, for one
- Whodunit hero
- Sleuth for hire
More clues leading to the result CORPSE
- Morgue sight
- Mr. Boddy, in the game "Clue"
- Mr. Boddy of Clue, e.g.
- Mr. Boddy, e.g.
- "Law & Order" role with no lines
- Zombie, essentially
- Murder mystery staple
- Coffin contents
- Murder story character.
- What Claudius made of Hamlet's father.