Word "DECOY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
Synonyms:
steerer

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
Synonyms:
bait, lure

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy

Crossword Clues for DECOY

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Something used to divert attention (5) Puzzler 20 Oct 2025
Wooden duck, e.g. LA Times Daily 01 Oct 2025
Hunter's wooden duck Newsday 24 Sep 2025
Red herring The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 14 Sep 2025
Distracting lookalike USA Today 27 Aug 2025
Something used as a lure (5)
Wooden duck Universal 07 Jul 2025
Red herring or gutted dory, green in the middle The Times Cryptic 24 Jun 2025
Lure LA Times Daily 20 Jun 2025
Dummy runner (5)
Lure of the month, to some boys (5)
Something green found in empty doorway is fake
Allurement used when Ed gets coy
Sitting duck? Thomas Joseph 14 Feb 2025
Bird or animal used as a lure when hunting (5)
Wooden duck, maybe
Diversionary tactic LA Times Daily 22 Jan 2025
Lure from English firm in extremes of difficulty (5)
Fake duck, e.g., for a hunter
_ Lakes, Cambs - a leading UK fishery with 11 lakes (5)
Diversionary device Newsday 29 Dec 2024
Hunter's wooden duck Newsday 16 Dec 2024
Code devised by unknown character as bait (5)
Wooden duck, e.g. New York Times Mini 23 Nov 2024
Name of Shohei Ohtani's social media-famous dog
Misleading lure (5)
Hunter's trick
Owl statue on a barn, e.g.
Hide coyote inside lure
Lure Mirror Tea Time 28 Aug 2024
Hunter's diversion Universal 12 Jul 2024
Notes shrinking enticement (5)
Perhaps a fatal attraction, ducky!
A bait
Odd duck, maybe? New York Times 30 May 2024
It may turn out fatally attractive to wild ducks
A lure to entice persons away from the right course (5)
Deceptive distraction (5) The Guardian Quick 09 May 2024
Misleading attraction of Christmas month initially over year The Times Quick Cryptic 08 May 2024
Lure into trap
Code is broken - why, say it's a ruse (5)
Code is broken ___ why, say it's a ruse (5)
Intentional mislead New York Times Mini 28 Mar 2024
Huntsman's lure (5)
Lure company to enter Germany, Spain and Norway ultimately (5)
Warms up for the opening races (5)
Hunter's fake duck
Lure, bait
A bait or enticement (5)
Hunter's artificial duck
PlusWord No 563
Duck hunter's lure Newsday 25 Oct 2023
Beguiling lure The Times Concise 29 Jul 2023
Hunter's plastic duck, e.g LA Times Daily 24 Jul 2023
Diversionary device Universal 16 Jul 2023
Inducement Newsday 15 Jul 2023
Faux fowl Wall Street Journal 07 Jul 2023
Wooden duck Universal 20 Jun 2023
Fake duck Universal 10 Jan 2023
Bit of deception used as a lure USA Today 12 Nov 2022
Shill Eugene Sheffer 04 Aug 2022
Misleading thing Universal 19 Feb 2022
Fake drake Eugene Sheffer 20 Nov 2021
Shill Eugene Sheffer 09 Nov 2021
Fake drake Eugene Sheffer 01 Oct 2021
Fake duck, e.g USA Today 03 Sep 2021
Lure to catch one out last month on the first and last of July Irish Times Crosaire 28 Aug 2021
Fake drake Eugene Sheffer 18 Aug 2021
Lure of French affectedly shy The Sun Two Speed 20 Jun 2021
Shill The Washington Post 13 Jun 2021
Shill LA Times Daily 13 Jun 2021
Diversionary tactic Newsday 15 May 2021
Lure The Telegraph Quick 12 Apr 2021
Wooden duck Thomas Joseph 06 Apr 2021
Item used for distraction
Wooden duck Universal 16 Feb 2021
Red herring The Telegraph Quick 20 Dec 2020
Draw off Newsday 02 Nov 2020
Attraction for a duck Newsday 31 Jul 2020
It may fool you New York Times 16 Apr 2020
Fake duck, e.g USA Today 16 Mar 2020
Fake drake Newsday 15 Mar 2020
Misleading thing Universal 06 Jan 2020
Fake device Jonesin 17 Dec 2019
Hunter's plastic duck, e.g The Washington Post 28 Oct 2019
Hunter's plastic duck, e.g LA Times Daily 28 Oct 2019
Lure someone or something into a trap
Lure of French, affectedly shy The Sun Two Speed 18 Aug 2019
Bait The Sun Two Speed 18 Aug 2019
Lure Canadiana 15 Apr 2019
Cause of a distraction The Washington Post Sunday 14 Apr 2019
Fake duck Thomas Joseph 15 Mar 2019
Hunter's plastic duck, e.g.
Hunter's fake drake Newsday 19 Dec 2018
Lure used by hunters
Hunter's lure or part of a trap
Hunter's wooden duck Newsday 08 Jan 2018
Editor coming up with modest enticement
Cork duck, e.g USA Today 28 Sep 2017
Diversionary device Newsday 10 Sep 2017
Inflatable duck, e.g USA Today 22 Mar 2017
Fake drake Eugene Sheffer 21 Mar 2017
Undercover cop, perhaps The Washington Post 10 Jan 2017
Cork duck, e.g.
Inflatable duck, e.g.
Fake drake, say LA Times Daily 19 Dec 2016
Bait The Telegraph Quick 29 Oct 2016
Trap bait Jonesin 04 Oct 2016
Wooden duck Family Time 18 Sep 2016
Hunter's device Newsday 12 Jun 2016
Wooden duck Wall Street Journal 04 Apr 2016
New code for closing doorway is a temptation to others Irish Times Crosaire 12 Mar 2016
Hunter's device The Washington Post 31 Dec 2015
Hunter's device LA Times Daily 02 Dec 2015
Lure for game The Times Concise 19 May 2015
Sitting duck? Thomas Joseph 21 Apr 2015
Hunter's device
Lure of French, affectedly shy
Fake drake
Deceptive military tactic
Duck that's not a duck
Wooden duck, e.g.
Distracting duck
Trapping strategy
Undercover cop, at times
Wooden duck
Undercover cop, at times
Part of a trap
Hunter's lure
Hunter's trick
Hunter's trick
Wooden duck
Lure
Lure into a trap
Lure
Fake drake
Wooden duck
Plastic duck, e.g.
Fake drake
Fake duck, e.g.
Plastic duck, e.g.
Fake drake, e.g.
Police sting participant
Entrap
Fake drake, e.g.
Duck hunter's ploy
Blind
Blind
Duck hunter's lure
Lure
Hunter's lure
It's distracting
Enticement
Hunter's lure
It's not to be believed
Tricker
Fake drake, e.g.
Wooden duck, say
Duck hunter's lure
Mock mallard
Shill
Undercover cop, at times
Wooden duck, e.g.
Duck hunter's ploy
Duck blind attraction
Undercover cop, at times
Hunter's device
Undercover cop, at times
Sitting duck?
Spurious aircraft
Undercover cop, maybe
Wood duck
Fake drake
Hunter's lure
Duck that's not a duck
Artificial duck used by a hunter
Phony duck
Sitting duck, maybe
Fake drake
Wooden duck
Shill
Fake drake
Duck hunter's ploy
Fake drake
Duck with a blockhead?
Lure
Lodge decoration, perhaps
Sitting duck?
Faux teal
Wooden duck, e.g.
Undercover police officer, perhaps
Shill
Trick a duck
Look-alike, maybe
Inveigle, in a way
Hunter's ruse
Stalking horse
Kind of blind
Wooden duck
Duck-hunter's need
Wooden duck.
Lure.
Lure into a trap.
Blind
Wooden duck, for one.
Thing often used with a call
Kind of duck.
Artificial bird.
Hunter's device.
Duck blind.
Duck hunter's equipment.
___ duck.
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