Pretend to be dead Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Pretend to be dead . We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 10 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is PLAYPOSSUM.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PLAYPOSSUM Pretend to be dead (10)
39% PLAYINGPOSSUM Pretending to be dead (13) Thomas Joseph May 23, 2025
23% HERO She pretends to be dead in "Much Ado About Nothing" (4)
3% DONTMINDME "Pretend I'm not here" (10) Universal Nov 5, 2025
3% DOPPELGANGERS Dead ringers (13) New York Times Nov 5, 2025
3% CHO Margaret of "Drop Dead Diva" (3) LA Times Daily Nov 2, 2025
3% EXACT Dead-on (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 1, 2025
3% POSSUM Marsupial that plays dead (6) USA Today Oct 31, 2025
3% COY Pretend-shy (3) USA Today Oct 30, 2025
3% CATACOMBS Mazes full of dead ends? (9) Wall Street Journal Oct 29, 2025
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