Fool

The answer

CON

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CON answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2005. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ASS (156 uses in xd)
• SAP (38 uses in xd)
• IDIOT (32 uses in xd)
• DUPE (23 uses in xd)
• NINNY (23 uses in xd)

Other clues for CON

Every other clue in this collection answered by CON, most used first.

• Swindle - used 219 times, most recently in 2026
• Take in - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Pro's opposite - used 66 times, most recently in 2026
• Hoodwink - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Bamboozle - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Chili ___ carne - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Jailbird - used 45 times, most recently in 2024
• Debate side - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Against - used 33 times, most recently in 2020
• Scam - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Anti - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Flimflam - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Take for a ride - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Downside - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Inmate - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Pull a fast one on - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Hornswoggle - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Negative aspect - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Trick - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Dupe - used 14 times, most recently in 2019
• Fleece - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Cheat - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• Felon - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Not pro - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Opposite of pro - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Pro and __ - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Reason not to - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Study. - used 10 times, most recently in 1978
• Arroz ___ pollo - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Kind of artist - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• Kind of game - used 9 times, most recently in 2006
• Deceive - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Non-pro? - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• One in the clink - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• One side of an issue - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Opposed - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Argument side - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• One side of a debate - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Pen denizen - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Yardbird - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Drawback - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Pro's counterpart - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Put one over on - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Shell game - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Fool - ASS, used 156 times
• "What Kind of Fool __?" - AMI, used 90 times
• Fool - SAP, used 38 times
• "I pity the fool" speaker - MRT, used 26 times
• Play for a fool - USE, used 18 times
• Pompous fool - ASS, used 14 times

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