Cons
The crossword clue "Cons" is answered by SCAMS, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SCAMS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SCAMS answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1994. It appears in 9 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.
- SWINDLES (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for SCAMS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SCAMS, most used first.
- Con games - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
- Swindles - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Con jobs - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Confidence games - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Hustles - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Flimflams - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Ponzi schemes, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Rackets - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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.
- Cons - ANTIS, used 10 times
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