We’ve looked at how “Bamboozle” was used across multiple crosswords, and these are the answers that were selected by solvers. They reflect the most frequent matches to this clue type.
Answer List:
- DUPE
- CON
- SCAM
- FOOL
- STYMIE
- COZEN
- STUMP
- MYSTIFY
- CHEAT
- HORNSWOGGLE
- BILK
- DELUDE
- HOODWINK
- CONFUSE
- TRICK
- SNOW
- HOAX
Synonyms and Definitions
DUPE
- Synonyms: befool, cod, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in, victim
- Definition: an individual who is deceived or cheated
CON
- Synonyms: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, convict, defraud, diddle, flimflam, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, hustle, inmate, learn, memorise, memorize, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, sting, swindle, victimize, yard bird, yardbird
- Definition: a disagreement against a suggested plan
SCAM
- Synonyms: con, cozenage
FOOL
- Synonyms: arse around, chump, dissipate, dupe, fall guy, fool around, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, horse around, jester, mark, motley fool, mug, muggins, patsy, sap, saphead, shoot, soft touch, sucker, tomfool
STYMIE
- Synonyms: block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymy
COZEN
- Synonyms: deceive, delude, lead on
STUMP
- Synonyms: ambo, dais, mix up, podium, pulpit, rostrum, soapbox, stamp, stomp, tree stump
MYSTIFY
- Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
- Definition: to be puzzling or confusing to
CHEAT
- Synonyms: bearded darnel, beguiler, betray, bromus secalinus, cheat on, cheater, cheating, chess, chicane, chisel, chouse, cuckold, darnel, deceiver, jockey, lolium temulentum, rig, rip off, screw, shaft, slicker, tare, trickster, wander
BILK
- Synonyms: cross, elude, evade, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart
DELUDE
- Synonyms: cozen
HOODWINK
- Synonyms: beguile, juggle, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someones eyes, snow
CONFUSE
- Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, blur, confound, discombobulate, disconcert, flurry, fox, fuddle, jumble, obnubilate, obscure, put off, throw
TRICK
- Synonyms: antic, caper, conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, fast one, fob, illusion, john, joke, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, prank, pull a fast one on, put-on, thaumaturgy, whoremaster, whoremonger
- Definition: an action or tool that is sly or dishonest
SNOW
- Synonyms: baron snow of leicester, blow, c, coke, hoodwink, nose candy, snowfall
HOAX
- Synonyms: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, humbug, pull someones leg