April honoree

The answer

FOOL

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

Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 6 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
• Put one over on - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Deceive - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• April 1 victim - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• 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.

• April forecast - RAIN, used 55 times
• Parade honoree - HERO, used 19 times
• April 13, e.g. - IDES, used 14 times
• Arbor Day honoree - TREE, used 14 times
• June honoree - PAPA, used 12 times
• War honoree - HERO, used 10 times

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