Imitation
The crossword clue "Imitation" is answered by SHAM, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1959. 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
SHAM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHAM answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for SHAM
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHAM, most used first.
- Counterfeit - used 121 times, most recently in 2026
- Fake - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- Pillow cover - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Hoax - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Pretense - used 63 times, most recently in 2025
- Bogus - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
- Phony - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Fraud - used 47 times, most recently in 2026
- Deception - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Bedding item - used 27 times, most recently in 2016
- Decorative pillow cover - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Ersatz - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Pillow covering - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- False front - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Make-believe - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Humbug. - used 15 times, most recently in 2002
- Coordinating pillowcase - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Dishonest imitation - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Fancy pillowcase - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Spurious imitation - used 11 times, most recently in 2008
- False pretense - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Decorative pillowcase - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Phony display - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Feign. - used 8 times, most recently in 1989
- Imposture - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Pillow protector - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Put-on - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Sam the ___ and the Pharaohs - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Con game - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Fakery - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- False - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Impostor - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Phony deal - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Farce - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Pretended - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
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.
- Imitation - MOCK, used 14 times
- Imitation butter - OLEO, used 11 times
- Imitation - FAUX, used 9 times
- Did an imitation of - APED, used 8 times
- Imitation - FAKE, used 7 times
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