Clues for the word "CHEAT"
We've had 131 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 251 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on February 23, 2026.
Definition of cheat
- n. - An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
- n. - One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater.
- n. - A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.
- n. - The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.
- n. - To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
- n. - To beguile.
- v. i. - To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.
- n. - Wheat, or bread made from wheat.
Referring Clues
- Chiseler
- Con man
- Hornswoggle
- Fudge
- Use crib notes
- Take 5, clue 5
- Play badly?
- Hose
- Not play fair
- Deal from the bottom
- I.R.S. target
- Con
- Swindler
- Ignore the rules
- Use marked cards, e.g.
- Don't play by the rules
- Sharper
- Swindle
- Cut corners, perhaps
- Cardsharp, e.g.
- Stiff
- Copy from your classmate's paper, say
- Copy, maybe
- Palm an ace, say
- Untrustworthy one
- Use a crib, perhaps
- Flimflam
- Use a crib sheet
- Get an A dishonestly
- Unwanted casino guest
- Eat cake on your diet, e.g.
- Eat cake on your diet
- Skirt the rules
- Get an A by stealth
- Use cribnotes, e.g.
- Deceive
- Deceitful one
- Peek on a test, say
- Break the rules
- Break the rules
- Take, in a way
- Bilk
- Defraud
- Fool
- Use that ace up your sleeve
- Bamboozle
- Fudge a tax return
- Use crib notes, say
- Don't play fair
- Casino target
- Look at the answers beforehand
- Refuse to play by the rules
- Deal from the bottom, e.g.
- Deviate from Hoyle
- Plagiarize
- Peek at the cards
- Peak at the cards
- Glance sideways during a test, maybe
- Hoodwink
- Peek at the answers
- Look the wrong way, maybe
- Flout the rules
- Stray
- Use steroids, say
- Have an affair
- Cook books, say
- Poker game concern
- Rule breaker
- Peek at someone else's paper, e.g.
- Peek during hide-and-seek, say
- Break the rules intentionally
- What people who do not play fairly do
- Hide answers on your hand, say
- Hide answers on your hand, e.g.
- Play dishonestly
- Screw as a boy, perhaps eaten by lion?
- Dupe
- Swindler - crib
- Do dine with a companion
- Do a spiteful female out of a male
- Rook, bird eating larvae, ultimately
- Trapping the male cat, don't play fair
- Scholarly use of a crib would upset most teachers
- Constant intense pressure for dishonest person
- Talk about the end of confidence trickster
- Charlie's passion for fraud
- It isn't fair to give temperature in Celsius
- Do church leaders take sustenance?
- Fellow in the Cat and Fiddle
- Do talk about Spain!
- Swindler caught holding most of pile
- He may be found in a wrongful act
- Escape from talk about the end of life
- Falsify the account?
- Rogue has bird taking ecstasy
- Approximate temperature of fiddle
- Do roach eat some algae?
- Teach? (Anag)
- Talk about last to leave do
- Talk about Ecstasy con(5)
- Talk about conclusion to bizarre con
- Talk about electronic fraud
- TNT found in "Cat and Fiddle"
- Trickster
- Look at someone else's test paper, for example
- Bend the rules to win
- Play unfairly
- Talk about English fleece
- Fleece about to warm up
- Charlatan
- Cold warmth? That's a fraud
- Being unfair, he puts the cat out!
- Misdate?
- Peek at someone else's test answers, say
- Copier, maybe
- Rip off
- Break a vow, say
- Not play by the rules
- Deal from the bottom of the deck, e.g.
- Play badly?
- Do a feline out of a male
- See a race as a rip-off
- Mountebank
- Copy someone else's paper
- Dirty sort of person
- Peek at someone else's answers
- Look at someone else's test paper
- Use loaded dice
- ___ sheet (test-taking aid)
- Use the "rosebud" code in "The Sims," say
- Google crossword clues, some say
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - February 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - January 15, 2026
- Mirror Daily - October 30, 2025
- LA Times - September 27, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 18, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - April 19, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 12, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 17, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 21, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 07, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 08, 2024
- Daily Quick - September 27, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 24, 2024
- Daily American - July 01, 2024
- Mirror Daily - June 14, 2024
- Your Life Choices - June 09, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - May 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - May 16, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - March 26, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 23, 2024
- USA Today - March 22, 2024
- Mirror Daily - February 26, 2024
- Daily Quick - February 23, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 24, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - January 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - January 10, 2024
- And in 221 more crossword puzzles...