Junto.

The answer

CABAL

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CABAL answer page.

Used 10 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2001; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for CABAL

Every other clue in this collection answered by CABAL, most used first.

• Scheming group - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Plotting group - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Group of plotters - used 28 times, most recently in 2024
• Conspiracy - used 26 times, most recently in 2022
• Intrigue - used 23 times, most recently in 2007
• Junta - used 22 times, most recently in 2022
• Conspiratorial group - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Plot - used 19 times, most recently in 2011
• Intriguing group - used 15 times, most recently in 2019
• Secret plot - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Conspiring group - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Band of schemers - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Group of conspirators - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• League of intrigue - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Plotters' group - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Coup group - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Scheming bunch - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Group of schemers - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Secret group - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Magna ___ - CARTA, used 190 times
• Stop - CEASE, used 181 times
• Terra ___ - COTTA, used 171 times
• ___ Rica - COSTA, used 163 times
• Chocolate source - CACAO, used 153 times
• Eyelashes - CILIA, used 152 times

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