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BOGUS is a legal Scrabble word. See a dictionary definition for BOGUS.

41 total results for BOGUS   ( score: 50 )

15 results for BOGUS from Shortz Era puzzles:
Repeated clues show (number of Shortz Era occurrences).
DateGridClueAuthor
Mon Oct 30, 202348DNot genuineKenneth Cortes
Sat Mar 25, 202334AFake (3)Robyn Weintraub
Sat Dec 14, 201941DLike snake oilRyan McCarty
Sun May 20, 201869AMade-upWill Nediger
Tue May 24, 201641APhony (4)Jonathan Gersch
Tue Feb 7, 20121A"That's lame, dude"Mike Buckley
Sun Apr 8, 200738DFake (3)Byron Walden
Sun May 6, 200117AFake (3)Manny Nosowsky
Sun Feb 11, 2001108DPhony (4)Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon
Thu Jul 20, 200032ALike a slugBonnie S. Prystowsky
Thu Jun 1, 20003DPhony (4)David J. Kahn
Fri Sep 26, 199724DCounterfeitChuck Deodene
Sat Sep 21, 199622AErsatzR. H. Burns
Tue Jan 16, 199651ALike a $3 billR. Hartman
Mon Jan 15, 19961DPhony (4)Gregory E. Paul
26 results for BOGUS from pre-Shortz puzzles:
DateGridClueAuthorEditor
Tue May 4, 199324DCounterfeitBernice GordonMaleska
Fri Sep 19, 198645AFakeHickmottMaleska
Fri Mar 8, 198512DCounterfeitWilliam CanineMaleska
Tue Mar 4, 198015AShamBernice GordonMaleska
Tue Jun 26, 197942ANot genuineHerb L. RisteenMaleska
Tue Oct 25, 197725DNot genuineHerb L. RisteenMaleska
Sat Sep 22, 197329DFalseUnknownWeng
Fri Nov 5, 19711DSpuriousUnknownWeng
Fri Sep 17, 197139AShamUnknownWeng
Fri Sep 12, 196932DSpurious.UnknownWeng
Thu May 29, 196934DPhony.UnknownWeng
Sun Jan 30, 196660DCounterfeit.Leonard SussmanFarrar
Wed Jan 16, 196325DSpurious: Colloq.Christine ValenceFarrar
Fri Aug 4, 196143ASpurious.UnknownFarrar
Fri Jul 15, 196033AFraudulent.UnknownFarrar
Thu May 26, 19605DSpurious.UnknownFarrar
Thu Apr 21, 19608DSpurious.UnknownFarrar
Wed Jan 13, 196050DPseudo.UnknownFarrar
Wed Jan 28, 19599ASpurious.S. A. KayFarrar
Sun Apr 29, 19561DSpurious.Harold T. BersFarrar
Tue Oct 11, 195538DPseudo.Thomas MeekinFarrar
Thu Jul 10, 195250ACounterfeit.UnknownFarrar
Wed May 7, 195242DCounterfeit.UnknownFarrar
Thu Aug 16, 195115ACounterfeit.UnknownFarrar
Sun Jun 24, 195174ACounterfeit.Nancy W. AtkinsonFarrar
Mon Feb 19, 195117APhony.Eugene T. MaleskaFarrar
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