Plot
The crossword clue "Plot" is answered by CABAL, a 5-letter entry. Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CABAL
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CABAL answer page.
Used 19 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CONNIVE (5 uses in xd)
- STORYLINE (5 uses in xd)
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
- 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
- Junto. - used 10 times, most recently in 2001
- 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.
- Plot surprise - TWIST, used 18 times
- Plot of land - TRACT, used 14 times
- Plot again - REMAP, used 11 times
- Plot units - ACRES, used 8 times
- Devise, as a plot - HATCH, used 7 times
- Shady plot - ARBOR, used 7 times
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