April 1 victim

The answer

FOOL

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the FOOL answer page.

Used 11 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for FOOL

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

• Hoodwink - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• April honoree - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Put one over on - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Deceive - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Simpleton - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Dupe - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Ninny - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Pull a fast one on - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Trick - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Jester - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Bamboozle - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Chucklehead - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Put something over on - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Court jester - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Play a trick on - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Take in - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

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.

• First victim - ABEL, used 131 times
• Cain's victim - ABEL, used 105 times
• Genesis victim - ABEL, used 102 times
• April forecast - RAIN, used 55 times
• Victim - PREY, used 54 times
• Victim of Pizarro - INCA, used 23 times

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