Major prank
The crossword clue "Major prank" is answered by HOAX, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HOAX
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HOAX answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for HOAX
Every other clue in this collection answered by HOAX, most used first.
- Deception - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
- Elaborate deception - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Fraud - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Elaborate ruse - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Put-on - used 14 times, most recently in 2016
- Practical joke - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Mare's nest - used 10 times, most recently in 2009
- Piltdown man, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Scam - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Elaborate fraud - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Flimflam - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Hoodwink - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Piltdown Man, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- The Cardiff Giant, for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
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.
- ___ Major - URSA, used 248 times
- Major work - OPUS, used 79 times
- ___ Major (constellation) - URSA, used 78 times
- Major-___ - DOMO, used 74 times
- Major in astronomy? - URSA, used 53 times
- Major ending - ETTE, used 49 times
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