Hockey ploy
The crossword clue "Hockey ploy" is answered by DEKE, a 4-letter entry. Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DEKE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEKE answer page.
Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1989. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DEKE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEKE, most used first.
- Astronaut Slayton - used 42 times, most recently in 2022
- Hockey feint - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Hockey fake-out - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Apollo astronaut Slayton - used 9 times, most recently in 2010
- Feint on the ice - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
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.
- Ploy - RUSE, used 63 times
- Hockey score - GOAL, used 56 times
- Hockey venue - RINK, used 36 times
- Hockey great Gordie - HOWE, used 27 times
- Hockey disk - PUCK, used 22 times
- Hockey shot - SLAP, used 21 times
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