Clues for the word "HOAX"
We've had 125 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 250 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on July 15, 2026.
Definition of hoax
- n. - A deception for mockery or mischief; a deceptive trick or story; a practical joke.
- v. t. - To deceive by a story or a trick, for sport or mischief; to impose upon sportively.
Referring Clues
- Martian invasion report, e.g.
- Major prank
- Put-on
- Deception
- Con
- Hornswoggle
- April 1st event
- Piltdown man, notably
- Elaborate April fool
- Bigfoot photo, e.g.
- The Piltdown Man, for one
- Bamboozle
- Dupery
- Piltdown Man, for one
- Forged artifact, e.g.
- The Cardiff Giant, for one
- Subject of a forwarded e-mail, often
- The Piltdown Man, notably
- It's perpetrated by a prankster
- Sham
- Fast one
- The Hitler Diaries, e.g.
- Bamboozlement
- Hoodwink
- Imposture
- Fake
- Elaborate ruse
- Fraud
- The 1938 broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" was one
- Piltdown man, e.g.
- Deceptive act
- It's a trick
- False claim
- Elaborate lie
- Elaborate falsehood
- Fraudulent event
- Something intended to deceive
- April 1 event
- Welles' Martian invasion broadcast, e.g.
- Scam
- The Piltdown man, e.g.
- Attempted deception
- Trickster's deception
- "Balloon Boy," for one
- Snow job
- Sting, for instance
- Elaborate fraud
- Sham or scam
- 1938 "The War of the Worlds" broadcast, for one
- UFO photo, perhaps
- Chain letters, usually
- Spoof
- Flimflam
- Deceitful device
- Piltdown man, say
- Welles' 'War of the Worlds,' e.g.
- No mere prank
- Big con
- 'Punk'd' goings-on
- Con game
- Cottingley Fairies, for one
- Debunker's target
- "The War of the Worlds" broadcast, notably
- Elaborate fake
- Many an urban legend
- The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, e.g.
- April 1 news story, maybe
- Snopes subject
- Put one over on
- Barnum's Fiji mermaid, for one
- Pracical joke
- The finding of a Virgin Mary-shaped gummy candy, e.g.
- Phony discovery, perhaps
- Global warming, some say
- Snopes.com subject
- Swindle
- Scam or sham
- Stratagem
- April 1st antic
- April 1 trick
- Dupe's downfall
- Deceitful stunt
- Deceptive stunt
- What an unbelievable YouTube video might be
- Put on
- Practical joke
- Welles' "The War of the Worlds", e.g.
- Crop circles, e.g.
- Relative of fake news
- Elaborate deception
- Dupe
- April Fool's prank
- Take in, in a way
- Spam content, often
- Good thing to check Snopes.com for
- Robin Davey band The ___
- Fake, such as Piltdown Man
- Deceptive trick
- Kid giving old Vietnamese leader a kiss
- Barnum's "Feejee Mermaid," e.g.
- Debunked thing
- Many a P.T. Barnum exhibit
- Prank
- Hardwoods called for a trick?
- Joke heard from Cockney: "Where do h'acorns come from?"
- Humorous or malicious deception
- Elaborate fabrication
- Call some taxis to a house as a prank
- Elaborate prank
- Con man's trick
- Elaborate put-on
- Act of humorous or malicious deception
- 1869's Cardiff Giant, e.g.
- Trick
- The Cardiff Giant, notably
- Mencken’s history of the bathtub, e.g.
- It's not for real
- Abominable Snowman (probably)
- What a cryptid might be
- Loch Ness monster, apparently
- Public prank
- Prank on the public
- News of an alien landing, probably
- Chess-playing Mechanical Turk of 1770, for one
- Elaborate trick
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - July 15, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 15, 2026
- New York Times - May 27, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - May 06, 2026
- New York Times - April 30, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - April 17, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - April 13, 2026
- Your Life Choices - November 23, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 24, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 22, 2025
- Daily American - July 31, 2025
- Daily American - July 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 11, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 03, 2025
- Your Life Choices - April 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 23, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 29, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - January 20, 2025
- New York Times - January 14, 2025
- New York Times - December 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 22, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - July 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 04, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 04, 2024
- New York Times - April 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 08, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 06, 2024
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