The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SLY which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Wily crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
SLY | 79 % | 3 |
ASTUTE | 7 % | 6 |
ARTFUL | 6 % | 6 |
SLYASAFOX | 4 % | 9 |
CUTE | 1 % | 4 |
SHREWD | 1 % | 6 |
Why may SLY be the right solution?
The answer to "Wily" is "SLY" because "sly" means cunning or clever in a secretive and deceptive way, which matches the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Wily
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sly
- cunning
- tricksy
- artful
- guileful
- knavish
- crafty
- dodgy
- tricky
- slick
- foxy
- shrewd
Crossword Answer definitions
SLY adjective- Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
- (having a positive sense) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice
- Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle
- Light or delicate; slight; thin.
- Slyly.
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 SLY
- Crafty
- Clever like Stallone?
- Cunning
- Like a fox
- Underhanded
- Clever like a fox
- Leader of the Family Stone
- Sneaky
- Stallone sobriquet
- Stallone, in the tabloids
More clues leading to the result ASTUTE
- Sharp as a tack
- Sharp as tacks
- Shrewd
- Insightful
- On the ball
- Very clever
- No dummy
- Very perceptive
- Sagacious
- Clever
More clues leading to the result ARTFUL
- Like Dickens's Dodger
- Cunning
- Like a certain Dodger
- Clever
- Like the Dodger in "Oliver!"
- Crafty
- Sly
- Imaginative
- Like Dickens' Dodger
- Like a memorable Dodger
More clues leading to the result SLYASAFOX
- Really sneaky
- Crafty
- Cunning
- Quite sneaky
- "Cunning" cliché.
- Showing animal cunning
- Wily
- Quite cunning
- Very cunning
- Machiavellian
More clues leading to the result CUTE
- Darling
- Precious
- Adorable
- "Aww"-inducing
- Aww-inspiring
- Just adorable
- Attractive
- Like many an animal picture on the web
- Charmingly attractive
- Fetching