Shill
The crossword clue "Shill" is answered by DECOY, a 5-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DECOY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DECOY answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DECOY
Every other clue in this collection answered by DECOY, most used first.
- Fake drake - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
- Lure - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Wooden duck - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Wooden duck, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Hunter's wooden duck - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Fake duck - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Fake duck, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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