To help with the clue “Trick”, we’ve gathered answer options that have been used in other puzzles where similar clues led to these same entries, giving you helpful direction without having to guess.
Possible Answers:
- CON
- LEGPULL
- PRANK
- DUPE
- RUSE
- CHEAT
- WILE
- ARTIFICE
- PLOY
- HOAX
- DELUDE
- DECEIVE
- FASTONE
- DOUBLECROSS
- OPTICALILLUSION
- PRACTICALJOKE
- DEVICE
- SCAM
- DECEIT
- SWINDLE
Synonyms and Definitions
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
PRANK
- Synonyms: antic, buffoonery, caper, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery, joke, put-on
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
RUSE
- Synonyms: artifice
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
WILE
- Synonyms: chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery
ARTIFICE
- Synonyms: ruse
PLOY
- Synonyms: gambit, stratagem
HOAX
- Synonyms: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, humbug, play a joke on, pull someones leg
DELUDE
- Synonyms: cozen, deceive, lead on
DECEIVE
- Synonyms: delude, lead astray
- Definition: Act dishonestly towards; betray someones trust
DEVICE
- Synonyms: gimmick, twist
SCAM
- Synonyms: con, cozenage
DECEIT
- Synonyms: deception, dissembling, dissimulation, misrepresentation
SWINDLE
- Synonyms: cheat
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- CON also appears as an answer in Swindle crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11 letters.
- CON also appears as an answer in The False Good Samaritan, e.g. crossword clue 3 letters.
- CON also appears as an answer in Take in crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 letters.
- CON also appears as an answer in Rip off crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 11 letters.
- CON also appears as an answer in Dupe crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 letters.
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- PRANK also appears as an answer in Caper crossword clue 4, 5, 6 and 8 letters.
- RUSE also appears as an answer in Lure crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10 letters.